Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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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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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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