Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Lachlan Williams, investor read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 11 Jan 2018
How Lachlan Williams went from 0-4 properties in less than a year
Property investor and IT worker Lachlan Williams is joined by Phil Tarrant and shares how he went from owning no properties at all to four in the timeframe of less than...
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2018 good year for property investors, property investment, rental market, property market read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 10 Jan 2018
Is 2018 going to be a good year for property investors?
Despite the challenges that were faced by property investors last year, Century 21’s chairman Charles Tarbey believes that 2018 will be a great year for the real...
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buying into a development, do's and don't, property market, buying tips, investment, investing read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 10 Jan 2018
What to do and not do when buying into a development
Buying into a development can seem like a daunting task for some people, and so the CEO of a construction company, who is also an investor, shares tips on how you can...
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home approvals, property market, investment, investing, detached house approval read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 10 Jan 2018
New home approvals rise to 15-month high
According to data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA), approval for new dwellings are at a 15-month high, the highest level since August 2016.
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Decline in values, December home values, Sydney, Darwin, Australian market, property market, investment, investing read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 10 Jan 2018
Declining December Sydney and Darwin values point to softer 2018
House values saw declines in Australia’s major property markets as well as Perth and Darwin, according to CoreLogic’s latest Hedonic Home Value Index.
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removing negative gearing high rental zero affordabilty sad face ballot read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 09 Jan 2018
The impact of removing negative gearing: high rents and zero affordability
With Treasury documents outlining how Labor’s negative gearing and CGT discount policies would really impact the Australian economy, one expert says policymakers...
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Australia, hotspots, insfrastructure projects, Adelaide SA, Wollongong Metro NSW, Shellharbour NSW, South East Melbourne VIC, Gold Coast QLD read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 09 Jan 2018
5 hotspots boosted by infrastructure projects
A hotspot is only as good as the job prospects an area has going for it. Here’s a list of five areas set for growth due to past, present or future infrastructure...
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Sally Tindall read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
Investors had it tough in 2017 – and will have it even tougher in 2018
Life became harder for investors in 2017. Even though the official cash rate hasn’t increased since 2010, investor rates crept up throughout the year, writes Sally...
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Tim Lawless read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
What history can tell us about the property outlook for 2018
Australia’s housing market performance is likely to deliver a quite different result in 2018 relative to previous years as we see lower to negative growth rates...
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Most capital cities see active home values read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 08 Jan 2018
Most capital cities see active home values
According to the latest CoreLogic data, home values were active across the majority of capital cities last week with two dropping, one rising and the others holding...
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