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Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
WA planning reforms set to benefit home buyers read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 31 May 2021
WA planning reforms set to benefit home buyers
The Western Australian government has garnered attention from property investment advocates after beginning consultation on the second wave of proposed planning...
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Property price growth to drop drastically from 2022 read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 31 May 2021
It’s all downhill from here: Property price growth to drop drastically from 2022
With the worst of the pandemic seemingly behind us, bankers are now predicting 15 per cent price growth for Australia’s housing market this year, before...
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Australians went rural in 2020 read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 31 May 2021
300k Australians went rural in 2020, but is the trend over?
Faced with looming lockdowns and rising housing prices, 300,000 Australians chose to leave the city for regional living. 
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Third busiest week of auctions despite Victorian lockdown read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 31 May 2021
Third busiest week of auctions despite Victorian lockdown
What was supposed to be the second biggest auction week of the year took a turn for the worse as volumes dropped following the announcement of another lockdown in...
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Hotspots • 31 May 2021
Post-crisis conditions a recipe for investor confidence
While the Australian economy continues to recover from the pandemic, more than 70 per cent of property investors believe it is already a good time to buy.
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Chasing rental yield or capital growth? Here are the best regions for investors read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 28 May 2021
Chasing rental yield or capital growth? Here are the best regions for investors
With investor activity rising across the nation, find out where investors can get the most benefit out of the rebounding housing market.
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Australia’s most affordable and liveable suburbs revealed read icon 5 min read
Hotspots • 28 May 2021
Australia’s most affordable and liveable suburbs revealed
The most affordable and liveable suburbs across four of Australia’s major cities have been revealed.
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Property market update Perth read icon 6 min read
Hotspots • 28 May 2021
Property market update: Perth, April 2021
Perth’s property market marked its ninth consecutive month of growth in April, with median dwelling values reaching levels not seen since December 2018. Can the WA...
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most affordable city for first home buyers read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 27 May 2021
The most affordable city for first home buyers isn’t what you’d expect
While Sydney remains the zenith of the Australian property boom, new research has revealed that it is in fact the most affordable capital city for first home buyers.
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Pre-winter auction spree expected, but Melbourne could go the other way read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 27 May 2021
Pre-winter auction spree expected amid Melbourne lockdown
Auction levels across most capital cities are expected to rise this week, but Melbourne could be in for a different ride as the city enters yet another lockdown.
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