Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 14 Sep 2023
Rental reform is about supply v demand, not tenants v landlords
For so long, the loudest social discourse surrounding the national rental crisis has aimed to pit landlords against their tenants. But one of the nation’s leading real...
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Hotspots • 14 Sep 2023
Experts warn HAFF deal no silver bullet for supply crisis
Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party struck a deal with the Greens to bring an end to the housing policy stalemate that threatened a return to the polls, with the move...
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Hotspots • 13 Sep 2023
EXPLAINED: Are short-term holiday rentals killing the national housing market?
Short-term rental accommodation’s (STRA) popularity has risen rapidly in recent years, but how damaging is it for the already struggling national property market?
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Hotspots • 12 Sep 2023
Average home loan requires nearly 50% of Aussies’ income: Report
Both housing and rental affordability continued to worsen across Australia throughout the June quarter, according to new data from the Real Estate Institute of Australia...
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Hotspots • 11 Sep 2023
Hunting affordable investing? 5 suburbs to zero in on
With Australian property values rising once more, one buyer’s agency has done the hard yards and located five areas that scream affordability.
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Hotspots • 11 Sep 2023
How monitoring the rental market could be an early indicator of potential capital growth in flat markets
Our property markets do not move linearly. There are very clear patterns in the way they move.
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Hotspots • 11 Sep 2023
Brisbane property market update August 2023
Brisbane has regained its position as the fastest growing capital city market across all of Australia. Unlike other capital city markets, the driving force behind price...
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Hotspots • 11 Sep 2023
How Australia’s housing market returned to $10tn
For the first time in 14 months, Australia’s housing market is valued above $10 trillion, but what has driven this rise?
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Hotspots • 11 Sep 2023
Land audit unlocks potential on the Gold Coast
Queensland’s land audit has identified prime development potential in two Gold Coast sites.
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Hotspots • 08 Sep 2023
Qld values remain resilient through Q2: Report
New findings from the Sunshine State’s peak real estate body suggests Queensland’s property market performed better than most other regions over the June quarter.
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