Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 22 Jun 2012
$830 million boost for NSW mining: BHP
An $830 million boost of funding for mining in the NSW Illawarra region, announced today, is “good news for local jobs” according to BHP Billiton.
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Hotspots • 22 Jun 2012
$220m of new infrastructure, Port Hedland
A $220 million contract has been awarded for work on a major upgrade of the Great Northern Highway through Port Hedland.
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Hotspots • 22 Jun 2012
First urban growth of its kind in Australia
Australia’s first inner city urban growth area was announced yesterday by the Victorian state government.
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Hotspots • 22 Jun 2012
Perth, Brisbane property prices primed for growth
Perth property prices should recover the ground they lost last year, and Brisbane shouldn’t be too far behind, Australian Property Monitors senior economist Andrew...
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Hotspots • 22 Jun 2012
Boost your sales price by styling -- more on the living room
The living room is often neglected when it comes to staging, but it’s an important room to get right from the get go. If you want to get more bang for your buck at...
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Hotspots • 21 Jun 2012
Noosa hotspotted as the ‘town to watch’
Noosa remains a buyers’ market, but future growth in the coastal town’s property prices will be underpinned by continued population growth, infrastructure investment...
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Hotspots • 21 Jun 2012
NSW leads big fall in dwelling starts
Dwelling commencements fell sharply in the March 2012 quarter, with NSW leading the way with a 37.4 per cent plunge from December
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Hotspots • 20 Jun 2012
National demand increasingly outstripping supply
The gap between housing supply and demand increased by 28,000 dwellings nationally in the year to June 2011, the most recent National Housing Supply Council report has...
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Hotspots • 19 Jun 2012
Investors ‘targeted’ by government, Qld
Investors are being used as cash cows to raise Queensland Government revenue, and this technique may see investors sell out of the market, warned the Real Estate...
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Hotspots • 18 Jun 2012
Sydney property has its 'best years ahead'
Sydney’s property market has its “best years ahead”, with prominent trend forecaster Bernard Salt predicting robust buyer demand going forward, particularly in...
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