Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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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Perth's rental stock soars read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 05 Nov 2014
Perth's rental stock soars
The number of properties available for lease in Perth has dipped recently, but still remains well above the levels recorded this time last year. 
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Peter O'Malley read icon 4 min read
Hotspots • 05 Nov 2014
Finding value: how to extract the best from the market
Even though it might seem optimistic to seek value in a market that has been rising for two years, there are still opportunities galore in this low interest rate...
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9 steps to successful negotiation read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 05 Nov 2014
9 steps to successful negotiation
Successful property investors know how to negotiate – and nailing negotiations is about more than just talking.
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Canberra market faces ongoing downturn read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 05 Nov 2014
Canberra market faces ongoing downturn
Australia’s capital city has seen a drop in asking prices with one commentator predicting this trend will continue well into 2015.
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Curbing investor activity would be ‘short-sighted’ read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 04 Nov 2014
Curbing investor activity would be ‘short-sighted’
Regulators should “put to bed” any notion of intervening to cool the housing market and slowing investor activity, according to Mortgage Choice CEO Michael Russell.
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Investors placing 'one-way bet' on property read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 04 Nov 2014
Investors placing 'one-way bet' on property
Australians have an "irrational obsession" with property, according to the CEO of one of the big four banks, who said many investors would be better off spending their...
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