Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Property investments, make your property more appealing read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 09 Oct 2017
How ‘decluttering’ can make your investment property more appealing
Most people’s idea of a well-presented house is a mixture of grand furnishings, but Evolve Styling’s Tanya and Edward Giuffre say that the key to a beautiful...
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Good property stylist, property investments read icon 4 min read
Hotspots • 06 Oct 2017
Property investment tip: What makes a good property stylist?
Evolve Styling’s Tanya and Edward Giuffre have spent years as property stylists, and contrary to most people’s belief that their work is the same as an interior...
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China, Chinese buyers read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 06 Oct 2017
‘No evidence’ Chinese buyers are driving up housing prices
Despite public perception that the “nefarious actions” of Chinese buyers are pushing up housing prices, there’s “no evidence” of this, an analyst has argued.
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Fix rate loans, house, calculator read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 06 Oct 2017
Fix rate loan demand dipped over September yet still high
In September, new data indicated that demand for fixed rate home loans fell slightly, but still at healthy levels.
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Household debt, property investors, assets supporting debt read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 06 Oct 2017
Investors smarter than owner-occupiers over debt, assets supporting debt
The latest analysis by CoreLogic of ABS data shows how investors are taking on debt better than owner-occupiers, as well as how the former is overtaking the latter even...
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Lessons from a property investor, journey in investment, property investment read icon 5 min read
Hotspots • 06 Oct 2017
How this property investor is learning from the ‘scars’ in his journey
In 2015, Eric Brown found himself stuck with an investment property in a mining town which cost him $12,000 a year to hold. Two years later, he’s applied the lessons...
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Forget Fake News – the Real Danger is Fake Market Research read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 06 Oct 2017
Forget Fake News – the Real Danger is Fake Market Research
Promoted by Propertyology Ah, the Internet. Don’t you just love it? Full to overflowing with so, so much information! And plenty of it is dedicated to property.
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interest-only loans, IO mortgage read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 05 Oct 2017
‘A third of IO borrowers don’t know they have an IO loan’: UBS
Banking analysts at UBS have suggested that a third of borrowers with interest-only loans “do not know or understand that they have taken out an IO mortgage”.
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Sydney values September, trend upwards read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 05 Oct 2017
Sydney values fall in September, the rest edge higher
While housing values continue to cool in Sydney, performance across the rest of Australia has begun to trend upwards, the latest research has found.
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building and pest inspectors, architect, investors, property investment read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 05 Oct 2017
Why investors should do due diligence with an architect
While building and pest inspectors are a necessity to inspect recently purchased property, one service provider recommends also getting an architect to make an...
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