Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 23 Jul 2020
Hot Property: Biggest headlines from the week that was - 9
JobKeeper and JobSeeker may look different, but they will stick around past September, allowing the property market to breathe a sigh of relief: Here are the biggest...
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Hotspots • 21 Jul 2020
Melbourne likely to see more auctions withdrawn
Melbourne’s stage 3 lockdown is likely to see more auctions being withdrawn from the market than normal.
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Central West hotspot revealed read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 20 Jul 2020
Central West hotspot revealed
A regional city located 254 kilometres west of Sydney has been dubbed a property market to watch, with capital growth and rental income gains among the best of...
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phoenixing construction industry read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 17 Jul 2020
Will phoenixing finally be stamped out in Australia’s construction industry?
When a known loophole isn’t closed, you can expect wide-scale exploitation. This is what has occurred for decades with the issue of illegal “phoenixing”, which...
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Housing market to withstand jobless surge read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 17 Jul 2020
Housing market to withstand jobless surge: PIPA
The head of the property investment group expects the market to withstand economic headwinds, despite new ABS data revealing that the unemployment rate has hit a...
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Auctions to remain steady this weekend read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 17 Jul 2020
Auctions to remain steady this weekend
Auction volumes in Australia’s capital cities are set to remain similar to last week, according to CoreLogic.
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Building activity falls before COVID-19 lockdown read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 16 Jul 2020
Building activity falls before COVID-19 lockdown
Residential building activity fell over the March quarter, prior to the introduction of COVID-19 induced lockdowns, national stats have revealed.
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Holding on: Aussies expect property market to stay OK read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 16 Jul 2020
Holding on: Aussies expect property market to stay OK
Australians are less worried now about COVID-19’s effect on property values than they were when the economy first took a turn back in March, a new report has...
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Hotspots • 16 Jul 2020
Hot Property: Biggest headlines from the week that was - 8
While the states grapple with containment of new coronavirus outbreaks, the property sector soldiers on: Here are the biggest property stories from this week.
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Hotspots • 14 Jul 2020
Electrician to pay $27k over faulty work at Golden Bay property
Home owners have been advised to be cautious of faulty work on their properties as an electrician was fined $27,000 for a wiring error in Western Australia.
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