Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Stop your tenant's NYE party from becoming your 2016 hangover read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 15 Dec 2015
Stop your tenant's NYE party from becoming your 2016 hangover
New Year’s Eve rental property parties can leave an expensive financial hangover for unsuspecting landlords.
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Property investment education read icon 30 min read
Hotspots • 15 Dec 2015
Are we in a property bubble? Does aircraft noise depress property prices? And where’s the next boom?
Join the team and special guest as we speculate, meditate and pontificate on all things property investment. Listen now!
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Hotspots • 15 Dec 2015
Quiet end to year for auction market
Melbourne’s auction market has now outperformed Sydney’s for the 10th consecutive week after a sedate weekend of sales results. 
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Cam McLellan read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 15 Dec 2015
Holiday homes: Buying versus renting
It’s almost holiday season again, and for many out there the age-old question will come up: should you buy a holiday home or is it better to continue to rent each...
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Hotspots • 14 Dec 2015
2016 Victorian hotspots announced
A peak real estate industry body has released its investment predictions for the year ahead.
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Hotspots • 14 Dec 2015
Investor lending continues to fall
Lending to investors has declined for a sixth consecutive month – and further falls in both investor and owner-occupier activity may lie ahead, according to a leading...
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Equity in investment properties read icon 5 min read
Hotspots • 10 Dec 2015
Using equity to build your property portfolio
Whether you have one investment property or a multimillion-dollar portfolio, you can use equity to fast-track your asset acquisition. So how does it work and how can you...
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Mining town property investment read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 10 Dec 2015
Investors trapped with no option to sell
Landlords in a number of regions across the country are facing a dire situation with untenanted properties and predictions that the market won’t turn around for...
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Hotspots • 10 Dec 2015
How much more could you be making?
Have a guess how much investors are earning by listing their properties as short-stay accommodation in some of Australia's most "hipster" suburbs.
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Hotspots • 10 Dec 2015
Real estate identity on the run
A Queensland real estate figure accused of trust breaches relating to the sale of US investment properties has failed to appear at a district court after fleeing the...
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