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Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.

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Top Perth suburbs for June 2018

While Perth saw house sales decline over June, new data has highlighted 31 suburbs in metro Perth that flipped...
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Sydney, Melbourne continue to slip as other capital cities hold steady 

Following last week, Sydney and Melbourne saw declines in dwelling value, as the other capital cities show signs of...
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Sam Riley
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Australia’s property sectors are getting noticed — and it’s not the asset classes you’d expect

Early indicators of new deals have seen a strong start to 2018, painting a rosy picture for the Australian deal market,...
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Jason Pellegrino
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Ex-Google director announced as new Domain CEO

Domain has announced the appointment of a former Google director as managing director and CEO, who will transition into...
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Property market update: Melbourne, June 2018

The slipping homes values in the “premium markets” of Melbourne and Sydney have resulted in the “most substantial...
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Property market update: Brisbane, June 2018

While other capital cities saw home values decline consistently in the past months, Brisbane stood strong and displayed...
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Cash flow and compounding growth: ‘Balance’ makes a good portfolio

Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant has successfully built a multi-property portfolio with a net equity worth...
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Not all doom and gloom as June dwelling values declined

Despite overall home values nationwide declining, there are still some notable markets that are standing strong. Do you...
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Property market update: Perth, June 2018

The housing market in Perth is slowly showing signs of improvements after it experienced its “worst cycle ever”...
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Renovate, sell or buy: How to maximise positive cash flow

After growing a multi-property portfolio and achieving 39 per cent compounding growth from an initial investment of...
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Major markets see new house sales continue to slip

The outlook for new home sales for the month of May and over the first half of the year is not too good as both are...
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Property transactions on the way down

Good news for buyers but bad news for sellers: analysis of settled transaction data for residential property has found...
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Premium suburbs leading the charge for Perth market

Suburbs in exclusive locations are helping support the recovery of Perth’s property market, touting some big growth...
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How to continue investing after hitting a ‘financial brick wall’

Marcelo and Louise Lacuna have built a three property-portfolio after a few years and, while all of their properties...
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What makes a good investment suburb?

After living in the United Kingdom, husband-and-wife Marcelo and Louise Lacuna moved back to Australia and built a...
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Rising supply, tight lending creating extra drag on property market

The slowdown in house price growth that emerged through 2017–18 is expected to continue into the 2019 financial year,...
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Research reveals gaps in property investors’ knowledge

New research shows that while the majority of investors have a good grasp on basic property buying skills, there are...
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One capital city sees values up while values down on the whole

Only one major market saw home values rise this week, continuing its constant trend the latest CoreLogic data showed.
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Better planning needed for senior-targeted developments

In what is being described as a “silver tsunami”, the population of those over 65 years-old is set to boom, yet our...
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Karratha
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Nearly $10bn injection into Karratha heralds major recovery

Various infrastructure projects totaling nearly $10 billion means great things for Karratha’s property market as it...
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Investment tip: Creating ‘positive cash flow deals’

Many investors will attest to the abundance of positive cash flow deals in the markets of Australia, but did you know...
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The science behind property market forecasting

Promoted by Propertyology. The frequent inaccuracy of property market forecasts by banks and economists (the world’s...
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Where are listings seeing the biggest rises and falls?

Knowing where listings are up and down can mean different things for buyers and sellers. Regardless, it’s still...
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Buying and selling at auctions in ‘downward markets’

While property markets across Australia are generally following a downward trend, auctioneer Tom Panos believes that...
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APRA changes ‘finally’ noticeable, says expert

The new apartment market is finally cooling in the wake of the APRA measures introduced in late 2014, according to one...
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