Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
4 top suburbs for investors in 2015 read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 06 Mar 2015
4 top suburbs for investors in 2015
Four suburbs which are primed for imminent capital growth have been identified by prominent property experts.
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Apartment surge drives record result read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 05 Mar 2015
Apartment surge drives record result
New data on housing approvals has revealed the changing nature of Australia’s real estate market.
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Perth set for 'prolonged slump' read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 05 Mar 2015
Perth set for 'prolonged slump'
Perth property price growth is going to remain weak due to an oversupply of property and an underperforming economy, according to one market analyst.
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Philippe Brach read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 04 Mar 2015
The one question you must know the answer to
If you can’t answer this question quickly and simply, you're unlikely to succeed at property investment. 
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Sydney ‘overvalued by 25 pc’ read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 04 Mar 2015
Sydney ‘overvalued by 25 pc’
The Sydney property market is currently significantly overvalued, but is still not in ‘bubble’ territory, according to a prominent property analyst.
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Foreign buyer fee won’t curb demand read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 03 Mar 2015
Foreign buyer fee won’t curb demand
A federal government proposal to charge foreign buyers an application fee each time they buy property in Australia will not tackle the ‘seismic’ changes in...
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Helen Collier-Kogtevs read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 02 Mar 2015
Could you be sitting on a positive cash-flow goldmine?
Many investors think it's simply too difficult to find positively geared or positive cash-flow properties, but it's not as hard as you might think.
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Melbourne price growth on the slide read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 02 Mar 2015
Melbourne price growth on the slide
Melbourne has slipped to third place in terms of property price growth across the capital cities, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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13 suburbs to take off in 2015 read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 27 Feb 2015
13 suburbs to take off in 2015
The 13 suburbs which are most likely to deliver capital growth to investors in Queensland this year have been uncovered by a new report.
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Foreign buyer crackdown could prove costly read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 27 Feb 2015
Foreign buyer crackdown could prove costly
The federal government has been accused of solving a problem that doesn’t exist after announcing a crackdown on international investors.
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