Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 30 Mar 2023
5 regional cities that are still affordable (and attractive)
Despite the dominant discourse throughout the COVID-19 pandemic suggesting Australians escaped the bright city lights due to increased lockdowns and restrictions, new...
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Hotspots • 29 Mar 2023
‘Sad puppy score’ ranks Australia’s least pet-friendly suburbs
With pets often viewed as an extended member of the family, a new report has ranked Australia’s worst suburbs when it comes to accommodating tenants’ non-human...
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Hotspots • 28 Mar 2023
NSW has a new leader; How does he intend to move on property?
NSW’s newest Premier, Chris Minns, declared Labor’s election victory a “golden opportunity for a new government — a young government — to look at what the...
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Hotspots • 25 Mar 2023
Should Australia remove barriers to foreign social housing investment?
Australia’s reputation for international housing investment must match that of the USA and UK in order to ease present housing supply pains, according to the chief...
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Hotspots • 25 Mar 2023
Sydney’s trophy market bags no. 6 in global rental growth index
The harbourside city has outranked the likes of Auckland, Geneva and Monaco in a top 10 ranking of global cities that have notched the strongest prime real estate rental...
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Hotspots • 24 Mar 2023
Two-thirds of investors frustrated by ‘broken’ rental system
With a lot less hassle and higher returns, many landlords would be better off putting their money into super instead of housing, a new report claims.
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Hotspots • 22 Mar 2023
Market downturn slashes time needed to save a deposit
More than a year has been shaved off the time required for a couple to save a 20 per cent home deposit in certain Australian markets.
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Hotspots • 21 Mar 2023
NSW election: Labor’s property promises
Will the NSW Labor Party unseat the incumbent Liberals at the upcoming state election to take power for the first time since 2009? 
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Hotspots • 21 Mar 2023
NSW election: The Liberals’ property policies
Should they hold onto power at the upcoming election, how does the reigning Liberal Party intend to move on housing?
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Hotspots • 17 Mar 2023
How good (or bad) design can impact a property’s potential yield
Instead of concentrating purely on looks, the most important element of design and development is “designing for yield”, an architect has stressed.
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