Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Australia’s least populated cities are now the fastest-growing read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 15 Jul 2021
Australia’s least populated cities are now the fastest-growing
Canberra, Hobart and Darwin led the annual price growth in Australia, recording double-digit rises over the year, new research has revealed.
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More than 1 in 3 Aussie properties cheaper to buy than rent read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 15 Jul 2021
More than 1 in 3 Aussie properties cheaper to buy than rent
Having a mortgage is even more likely to be cheaper than renting than it was pre-pandemic, new research has revealed.
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Macro-prudential action likely this year, ANZ predicts read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 14 Jul 2021
Macro-prudential action likely this year, ANZ predicts
ANZ researchers have suggested that those looking for an indicator of whether the financial regulators will act on housing prices are looking in the wrong places.
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Rents surge as rental vacancy rates hit 10-year low read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 14 Jul 2021
Rents surge as rental vacancy rates hit 10-year low
Rental markets are tightening, with the national residential rental vacancy rate said to have hit its lowest level since May 2011.
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How the moratorium on evictions impacts landlords read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 14 Jul 2021
Are you eligible for the COVID-19 landlord support grants?
The NSW government has announced a moratorium on evictions as part of its financial rescue package, but has promised not to leave landlords in the dark.
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house prices read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 13 Jul 2021
Would house prices be better in a no-COVID world?
Pre-COVID-19, house prices across Australia’s major capital cities were already expected to enter a cyclical upswing in 2020 – so did the pandemic change things for...
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1 in 5 capital city residents looking to leave read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 13 Jul 2021
1 in 5 capital city residents looking to leave
Muval’s new migration index suggests that Australians aren’t done with capital cities. 
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Perth’s top 10 fastest-growing suburbs revealed read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 12 Jul 2021
Perth’s top 10 fastest-growing suburbs revealed
The Western Australian capital now boasts 10 suburbs where median price growth exceeded 25 per cent in 2020.
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The standout performers of Brisbane’s real estate market revealed read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 12 Jul 2021
The standout performers of Brisbane’s real estate market revealed
Brisbane has seen a swift recovery from the pandemic, with sellers and buyers said to have whiplash as property prices continue to outdo themselves month-on-month.
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Young renters read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 12 Jul 2021
Young renters cry out against ‘lack of respect’ in rental market
Young Australians have expressed dismay over the perceived discrimination within the rental market as the wealth divide forces them into long-term renting.
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