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Hotspots 30 JAN 2018

Negative gearing not driving up prices: report

A report by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has revealed high home prices are not a result...

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Hotspots 29 JAN 2018

Home values mostly decline nationwide

Home values declined in the majority of capital cities last week, with only one holding, the latest CoreLogic data...

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Finance 25 JAN 2018

Baby Boomer real estate spending to be overtaken by Millennials

A real estate group has predicted over the next five years, Millennial spending on real estate will overtake the...

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Hotspots 25 JAN 2018

National rental rates rising, yields holding: CoreLogic

Rental rates are on the rise while national rental yields hold flat, according to new CoreLogic data.

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Hotspots 25 JAN 2018

Residential house building fall to be “softer than anticipated”

A recent survey has found the residential building industry is seeing a positive outlook, with an expected wind down of...

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Finance 24 JAN 2018

Mortgage loans hit historic high

The average Australian mortgage size has grown past $500,000 for the first time in history, new data indicates.

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Hotspots 23 JAN 2018

Sydney second most unaffordable market in the world

One of Australia’s largest property markets has been labelled the second most unaffordable city for housing in the...

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Tax & Legal 23 JAN 2018

Remove stamp duty, senior economist says

A senior economist has said governments should consider removing stamp duty, which he claims is one of the most...

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Hotspots 22 JAN 2018

Values hold steady in most capital cities last week

Last week, home values fell in two major capital cities and held in others, the latest CoreLogic data shows.

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Hotspots 22 JAN 2018

Sydney’s vacancy rate holds despite market fluctuations

Vacancy rates in Sydney have continued to hold, even with the looming downturn for the capital city’s property...

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Hotspots 19 JAN 2018

Demand for home loans on the rise

The latest analysis of November’s housing finance data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics by Mortgage Choice...

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Hotspots 18 JAN 2018

Auctions a fear for nearly 1 in 5 buyers

Almost one in five Australians are afraid of buying or selling properties via auctions, according to a new study.

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Hotspots 18 JAN 2018

House building may be ‘stronger than many analysts expect’ in 2018

The construction of residential properties in the latter half of 2017 defied expectations of softening activity, ending...

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Tax & Legal 17 JAN 2018

Stamp duty predicted to keep rising if left unchecked

Since the 1980s, stamp duty has increased almost three times faster than house prices, and HIA’s senior economist...

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Tax & Legal 16 JAN 2018

Government drafts housing affordability plan

In order to “improve housing outcomes for Australians”, the federal government has released draft legislation to...

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Finance 16 JAN 2018

The top financial goal and burden for 2018 revealed: paying off mortgages

Over one quarter of all Australians have said their first financial priority this year is to pay off their mortgage,...

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Hotspots 15 JAN 2018

Home values decline across majority of capital cities

Besides Melbourne, other capital cities have experienced a dip in home values last week, indicated by the latest...

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Tax & Legal 12 JAN 2018

Don’t make the same ‘devastating’ mistake again: Ray White on negative gearing, CGT

The chairman of Ray White, Brian White, has warned policymakers that any drastic changes to negative gearing and CGT...

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Finance 11 JAN 2018

Avoid flat fee agents, industry body warns

The Real Estate Institute of New South Wales (REINSW) has warned sellers on going to agents who ask for upfront fees,...

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Finance 11 JAN 2018

Regional Vic saw ‘exceptional’ 2017 with three sales over $4 million

Over 2017, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has said that the regional Victoria property market saw strong...

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Hotspots 10 JAN 2018

New home approvals rise to 15-month high

According to data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA), approval for new dwellings are at a 15-month high, the...

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Hotspots 10 JAN 2018

Declining December Sydney and Darwin values point to softer 2018

House values saw declines in Australia’s major property markets as well as Perth and Darwin, according to...

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Hotspots 09 JAN 2018

The impact of removing negative gearing: high rents and zero affordability

With Treasury documents outlining how Labor’s negative gearing and CGT discount policies would really impact the...

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Tax & Legal 08 JAN 2018

Negative gearing removal, altering CGT, would have had “small” impact on property prices

Documents acquired under freedom of information laws, which reveal Labor policies in early 2016 to alter the CGT...

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Hotspots 08 JAN 2018

Most capital cities see active home values

According to the latest CoreLogic data, home values were active across the majority of capital cities last week with...