Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Lending slowdown challenges boom time image read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 13 Nov 2014
Lending slowdown challenges boom time image
Although talk of a housing market surge in cities like Sydney and Melbourne is widespread, recent statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that market...
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Hotspots • 12 Nov 2014
Investors ask: Cheap ways to increase rental yield
Q. I often hear about ways to increase your rental yield, but they usually revolve around spending a lot of money or doing expensive renovations. Is there anything...
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Property market not overheating: investors read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 12 Nov 2014
Property market not overheating: investors
Despite months of commentary and speculation about property bubbles and overheated market activity, investors still believe now is the right time to buy.
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Investors turning to Brisbane read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 12 Nov 2014
Investors turning to Brisbane
Property investors across the country are increasingly turning to the Queensland capital and believe the city represents the best investment prospects in the year...
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Calls to make strata systems simpler read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 11 Nov 2014
Calls to make strata systems simpler
With more and more people moving to the capital cities and choosing apartment living, strata rules and regulations need to relax or investors will be held back,...
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Hotspots • 11 Nov 2014
Suburb crowned top rental yield performer
One suburb has vastly outperformed all others when it comes to rental yields within the Sunshine Coast-Ipswich-Gold Coast 'golden triangle'.
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Brisbane property values to benefit from G20 read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 10 Nov 2014
Brisbane property values to benefit from G20
Brisbane’s “dwindling property investment appeal worldwide” could be significantly improved if the city puts on a good performance during the G20 summit later this...
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Resource regions still recording shaky rental data read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 10 Nov 2014
Resource regions still recording shaky rental data
Queensland’s resource centres continue to record weak rental market conditions, despite improvements in some areas.
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Brisbane’s riverfront apartment market takes off read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 07 Nov 2014
Brisbane’s riverfront apartment market takes off
Apartments on Brisbane’s riverfront are outperforming other inner-city markets and have achieved a higher rate of capital growth over the past 12 months than their...
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Cost of living pressures to slow down Victorian market read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 06 Nov 2014
Cost of living pressures to slow down Victorian market
The Victorian property market may drop-off as the end of 2014 approaches, with slowing household income growth, cost of living pressures and concerns over housing...
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