Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
What people think about national affordability read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 22 May 2017
What people think about national affordability
Owning your own home is the great Australian dream, but just over half of the country is now able to achieve it and the barriers are getting steeper every year.
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39 Perth suburbs poised to benefit most from new first home buyer savers scheme read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 22 May 2017
39 Perth suburbs poised to benefit most from new first home buyer savers scheme
Nearly 40 Perth suburbs at or under $400,000 have been stated by one real estate group to benefit the most from the new first home savers scheme first outlined in the...
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How to get Google to love your website read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 17 May 2017
How to get Google to love your website
How often do you search past page one of Google? If your answer is never, you are part of 91 per cent of people who don’t.
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The balancing act read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 16 May 2017
The balancing act
From time to time, I am gobsmacked by those “apparent” industry leaders and their inability to manage our economy. Recent news from the RBA in late March spoke about...
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The budget loopholes read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 16 May 2017
The budget loopholes
I always laugh at budget time as Australia halts whilst waiting for the proposal, which is then usually blocked by the opposition. Making it almost a waste of time...
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Process read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 15 May 2017
Investor tip: Avoid ‘shortcuts’ in the buying process
Property investors could tell you that the way to success is never an easy one, especially that the landscape is a vast, complicated and ever-changing one. However, as...
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Perth read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 15 May 2017
Property bargains galore in Perth, says expert
The Perth property market is currently offering property buyers throughout Australia the biggest discount in any capital city according to Troy Gunasekera, national...
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Sally Tindall read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 15 May 2017
Budget Band-Aids won’t fix housing affordability
In last week's budget, the government unveiled “a comprehensive plan to address housing affordability”. But how successful is it likely to be?
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An aerial shot of a flooded suburb read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 12 May 2017
Is it worth the risk to invest in flood-affected properties?
While there are undeniably many risks in property investment, is putting your money down on flood-affected areas one of those worth taking?
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Why Sydneysiders are snapping up Melbourne properties read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 12 May 2017
Why Sydneysiders are snapping up Melbourne properties
Sydneysiders are turning to Melbourne as their property hotspot of choice, as rampant price growth in their own harbourside city is pricing them out of the market.
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