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Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Australia’s most affordable suburbs for first home buyers read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 31 Aug 2022
Australia’s most affordable suburbs for first home buyers
New research has identified 10 affordable and desirable Australian housing markets that offer a great opportunity for home owners.
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Property market update: Brisbane, July 2022 read icon 13 min read
Hotspots • 31 Aug 2022
Property market update: Brisbane, July 2022
Brisbane may have outshone other markets throughout the tail end of 2021 and into the start of 2022, but the Queensland capital’s reign as capital growth king is now...
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Is price growth in Qld starting to stall? read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 30 Aug 2022
Is price growth in Qld starting to stall?
The latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) has highlighted how the Sunshine State’s property market’s growth has begun to slow.
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Housing crisis spills into job crisis read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 27 Aug 2022
Housing crisis spills into job crisis
A new report has illuminated the extent that the affordability crisis has impacted the regional Australian economy.
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4 essential ‘P’s’ of investment property selection read icon 6 min read
Hotspots • 27 Aug 2022
4 essential ‘P’s’ of investment property selection
The saying goes: you make profits in property when you buy, not when you sell. While you can obviously boost rent and value via renovation or redevelopment, there’s no...
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Important lessons of property market cycles in Australia read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 26 Aug 2022
Important lessons of property market cycles in Australia
In the past few years, we’ve seen so much movement in the property market. Despite the pandemic, the housing market in Australia has boomed in 2020 - 2021 and is now...
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Rezoning: how it benefits your property investment read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 26 Aug 2022
Rezoning: how it benefits your property investment
Why rezone a property? Rezoning property is a method of increasing the value of land and buildings by changing their use. It can be done to create a new commercial or...
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Aussie builder cites rising costs for shock liquidation read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 26 Aug 2022
Aussie builder cites rising costs for shock liquidation
Up to 300 property owners have been left in the lurch by the insolvency of the Queensland-based residential construction company. 
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Ray White: Market downturn unlikely to stretch any further read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 25 Aug 2022
Ray White: Market downturn unlikely to stretch any further
The global economic environment looks to be shifting away from increasing inflation this month. What does this mean for the property market’s downswing?
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What SA's new-low deposit home loan scheme means for investors read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 24 Aug 2022
What SA's new-low deposit home loan scheme means for investors
 Will South Australia’s new low-deposit home loan scheme make or break the property market? According to an expert, naysayers need to look at the new policy in...
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