Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Guide to property styling, property investments read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 02 Oct 2017
A four-step guide to property styling
While many investors consider having their investment property styled by professionals to increase its value, there are still some people who prefer to do it on their...
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buying property with super, buying property with equity read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 29 Sep 2017
A message for disheartened property investors: ‘Everything moves in cycles’
After more than a year since he was able to build a six-property portfolio, Julian Lancey found himself hitting a wall—unable to grow his portfolio because he has...
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fire hazard, fire warning to property managers, property investments read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 29 Sep 2017
Investors warned about unlikely fire hazard
One of the country’s leading strata industry bodies has issued a stern fire warning to property investors about people living in apartments, following an ugly and...
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investing in the US and Australia, difference between US and Australia businesses read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 29 Sep 2017
Investing in the US and Australia: What’s the difference?
Investors in Australia are fairly familiar with how investing works here, but what’s it like to invest in the US? What do we have that they don’t have, and what do...
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Simon Pressley read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 29 Sep 2017
Small fish are often sweeter
Every state contains multiple low-profile locations that, while they may not have produced much capital growth over the last three years, require very little investment...
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Best areas in Sydney, property investments read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 29 Sep 2017
How this investor found the best areas in Sydney
After years of investing in properties, Julian Lancey found himself unable to secure financing for his next purchase. However, being smart about building his...
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Properties doubled their purchase price read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 28 Sep 2017
10 years on: which properties doubled their purchase price, and which didn’t?
The latest Property Pulse from CoreLogic shows the areas where the value of their purchase price doubled, which fell by 10 per cent, and what that means in the long...
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School read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 28 Sep 2017
Why one school zone can be 12% better than another
Investors can look at an area’s economy to gauge how profitable a new purchase may be, but one property investment consultancy has another metric that can...
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Growing investment portfolio, property investments, finance high rates read icon 4 min read
Hotspots • 28 Sep 2017
What did this investor do when growing his portfolio was ‘impossible’?
Back in February 2016, Julian Lancey was living life on the edge—holding and self-managing a six-property portfolio in an unpredictable investment landscape. Several...
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David Shih read icon 6 min read
Hotspots • 27 Sep 2017
3 more key property investment team members
Property investing is not a single-person game, so I want to stress the importance of having a good team around any property investor.
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