Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 02 Jul 2012
$10,000 new build grant extended, NT
Investors in the Northern Territory have been given an extension to the BuildBonus, treasurer Delia Lawrie recently announced.
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Hotspots • 29 Jun 2012
$1.5b injection to increase population, Karratha
Western Australia’s Karratha has ambitious plans to reduce fly-in, fly-out workers and increase the city’s residential population to 50,000 people through $1.5...
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Hotspots • 29 Jun 2012
Investors may cause a market slump
Investors may cause the property market to slump if they sell up, according to a leading economist.
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Hotspots • 28 Jun 2012
Be discerning when seeking expert advice online
Investors need to be increasingly careful when relying on ‘expert’ advice, particularly online, according to wHeregroup’s director Todd Hunter.  
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Hotspots • 28 Jun 2012
Housing injection to cater for 5,000, South Hedland
Western Australia’s economic growth has resulted in an upcoming housing injection for more than 5,000 people in South Hedland, announced regional development and lands...
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Hotspots • 27 Jun 2012
Australian house price values unlikely to drop: RBA
Australian house prices won’t plunge, a senior Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said.
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Hotspots • 27 Jun 2012
NRAS is not a shortcut to success: RE/MAX WA
Property investors must be made aware of significant weaknesses in the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS), a prominent real estate agent in WA has warned.
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Hotspots • 25 Jun 2012
Homeowners happy where they are
Residential property owner occupiers in Australia are ‘staying put’ for longer, new data has revealed.
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Hotspots • 25 Jun 2012
Resource rich states to prosper
After two years of price declines in 2010 and 2011, new data coming out today suggests the fundamentals are beginning to favour an improvement in residential market...
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Hotspots • 25 Jun 2012
Rents soar in Perth
The cost of renting or having a mortgage in Perth has increased substantially in the past five years, according to data from the 2011 census.
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