Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 02 Jan 2014
Buyers must reassess market outlook: adviser
Despite recent predictions of a bleak future for the housing market and the economy, circumstances are not as bad as they appear, according to the director of a national...
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Hotspots • 02 Jan 2014
The numbers are everything when developing
Regardless of your situation the most important factor when considering whether to develop your property is the numbers. If the numbers don’t show that the project...
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Hotspots • 24 Dec 2013
Section 149 Certificate: What property investors should know
The Section 149 certificate, which is also called a zoning certificate, is one of the documents that could affect the process of any property development.
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Hotspots • 24 Dec 2013
Inner Sydney experiencing ‘unsustainable prices’
Parts of the Sydney property market should be approached with caution due to rapidly rising prices, according to a property research and investment firm.
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Hotspots • 24 Dec 2013
Property market activity remains high
Property companies are uncharacteristically busy in the lead up to Christmas as low interest rates fuel buyer enthusiasm.
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Hotspots • 23 Dec 2013
Buyers cautioned: Beware of auction price baiting
Buyers at auction must be alert for ‘under-quoting’ by real estate agents, a leading real estate expert has warned.
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Hotspots • 20 Dec 2013
One tenth of resales result in loss
Over one in 10 property resales resulted in a loss in the September quarter, according to research from RP Data.
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Hotspots • 20 Dec 2013
Liverpool buyers turned away
Property market activity in Sydney’s Liverpool is so frantic that buyers are being turned away, according to a major real estate agency.
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Hotspots • 20 Dec 2013
Half a million needed to make super funds work
Some accountants and financial planners, seeking to capitalise on the growing self-managed super funds (SMSF) market, are providing dubious advice to investors with the...
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Hotspots • 19 Dec 2013
What happens before you build?
If you have purchased land with the intention to build an investment property on it, there are a number of things you need to do before the building actually starts.
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