Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 13 Jan 2023
Rents hit record high in 2022 despite market slowdown
An easing of Australia’s rental market in the final quarter of 2022 was not enough to halt the country’s annual rents from growing at record highs, according to new...
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Hotspots • 11 Jan 2023
Old listings pile up amid cooling market: Report
The slowdown in the residential market is leading to a pile-up in the number of unsold homes, with properties on sale for over 180 days recording the biggest annual...
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Hotspots • 11 Jan 2023
Building approval declines latest blow delivered by RBA rate hikes
According to new research released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), building approvals fell nearly 10 per cent in November last year in what one expert...
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Hotspots • 11 Jan 2023
Property price declines are slowing down in Brisbane
As we start 2023, like the beginning of any new year, we often reflect back on the year that was and plan for what the future will be. The year 2022 was like no other....
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Hotspots • 11 Jan 2023
2022 saw largest home value fall since GFC: CoreLogic
Australia’s housing market ended the year with its largest yearly rate of decline since the economic tragedy 14 years ago, according to CoreLogic’s latest Home Value...
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Hotspots • 05 Jan 2023
Why 2023 will be the year of commercial rental growth
Strong rental growth will help lessen the impact of rising interest rates on commercial properties in 2023, according to a new report.
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Hotspots • 04 Jan 2023
The essential ‘Ps’ of the property game
Mastering any endeavour usually takes time and commitment and property investing is no different. That said, there are fundamentals that can help new participants come...
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Hotspots • 03 Jan 2023
2023 will be the year of strong rental returns, report says
Will 2023 bring good tidings to tenants or landlords? According to a new report, rental property owners are in for a happy year. 
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Hotspots • 31 Dec 2022
2022: A year ‘unlike any other’ in property
Surging inflation, eight consecutive interest rate hikes, and deteriorating affordability drove a shift in Australia’s 2022 housing market performance, the end-of-year...
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Hotspots • 31 Dec 2022
What went up will come down: The golden opportunities that await cashed-up commercial property investors in 2023
With values set to slide over the next year, counter-cyclical buyers and cashed-up opportunists can look forward to nabbing some serious bargains.
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