Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 04 Apr 2023
Australian home values grow for the first time in 10 months
Following an easing of the downturn at the beginning of the new year, Australia’s home values rose 0.6 per cent in March, according to CoreLogic.
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Hotspots • 04 Apr 2023
Is it time to ‘unbundle’ parking spaces from apartments?
With new research indicating Aussies are paying billions for unused parking spaces, experts think it’s time to rethink planning policies to help make housing more...
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Hotspots • 01 Apr 2023
Is migration exacerbating regional Australia’s supply crunch?
Do the nation’s regional hotspots have enough housing to cater to increasing demand?
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Hotspots • 31 Mar 2023
9 in 10 Aussie suburbs now cheaper to rent than buy
Just 9.1 per cent of Australian suburbs present better value for home owners than renters, the latest CoreLogic analysis reveals. 
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Hotspots • 31 Mar 2023
Australia’s top 10 most affordable (and liveable) regions
The desire to live the great Australian dream doesn’t, at first, sound like a big ask: a verandah out the front, colourbond fence out the back and a property under...
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Hotspots • 30 Mar 2023
REINSW tells new government to end property politics
While the guards have changed in the Parliament of NSW following the elections, a real estate body has emphasised that the state is still struggling with a complex...
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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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