Juliet Helmke                
                
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                    Based in Sydney, Juliet Helmke has a broad range of reporting and editorial experience across the areas of business, technology, entertainment and the arts. She was formerly Senior Editor at The New York Observer.
                 
                                    
                             
             
            
    
    
    
    
            
                                            
                    
                    
                        WA landlords get $10k to turn Airbnbs into long-term rentals
                        A slew of new regulations on short-term rentals in Western Australia – and some monetary bonuses – are designed to push property owners back into the long-term market
                        
                            
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                                Sun, 12 Nov 2023                            
                        
                     
                
                                            
                    
                    
                        Sydney, Melbourne new home starts hardest hit by cash rate hikes
                        Rising mortgage rates could be making it harder for Australia to build the new homes it needs.
                        
                            
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                                Sun, 12 Nov 2023                            
                        
                     
                
                                            
                    
                    
                        Why Australians are no longer in a rush to refinance
                        Record refinancing numbers appear to have hit a cliff, as the rate of borrowers looking to change lenders experiences a substantial fall.
                        
                            
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                                Sun, 12 Nov 2023                            
                        
                     
                
                                            
                    
                    
                        Pace of Qld home building keeps up – with the 1980s
                        The latest building approvals data has cast a shadow over the Sunshine State, throwing its ability to meet ambitious home building targets into question.
                        
                            
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                                Tue, 07 Nov 2023                            
                        
                     
                
                                            
                    
                    
                        Tides change as regional relocators give Qld the flick
                        Regional NSW has stolen the crown from Queensland as the location that’s proving the most attractive to metro dwellers looking for a change of pace.
                        
                            
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                                Mon, 06 Nov 2023                            
                        
                     
                
                                            
                    
                    
                        Why Aussie investors are eyeing off hotels
                        Hotels are receiving renewed interest as tourism markets return to pre-COVID-19 levels, with one Australian capital emerging as a particular favourite.
                        
                            
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                                Mon, 30 Oct 2023                            
                        
                     
                
                                            
                    
                    
                        Relief on the horizon for home builders
                        Could construction costs finally be stabilising? New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is giving home builders and renovators reason to hope.
                        
                            
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                                Mon, 30 Oct 2023                            
                        
                     
                
                                            
                    
                    
                        ACT stamp duty exemption looks to boost dual occupancy
                        The ACT is trying to incentivise increased density by cutting down on the costs for people prepared to subdivide.
                        
                            
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                                Sun, 29 Oct 2023                            
                        
                     
                
                                            
                    
                    
                        Property prices to fully recover by year’s end: Domain
                        House prices are on track to have completely recovered from the 2022 downturn by the year’s end, according to new data.
                        
                            
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                                Wed, 25 Oct 2023