Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 17 Jun 2011
Market flat but online browsing soars
Despite a widely reported slump in the property market Fairfax Media’s real estate site Domain.com.au (Domain) has recorded its best ever month.
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Hotspots • 17 Jun 2011
QLD unit market takes a hit
Prices and sales of Queensland units and townhouses have slipped right across the state as patchy economic conditions and natural disasters take their toll.
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Hotspots • 16 Jun 2011
Sydney housing shortage tightens
The Sydney property market needs up to 10 new suburbs built annually in order to meet the growing housing shortfall, Raine & Horne has claimed.
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Hotspots • 16 Jun 2011
Property market continues to lag
The price of Australian real estate continued to fall in the March quarter, as the growing cost of living and buyer caution took its toll on the market.
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Hotspots • 16 Jun 2011
More calls to increase first timer grant
Loan Market Group is urging the federal government to increase the First Home Owner’s Grant (FHOG) in a bid to bring the incentive in line with current real estate...
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Hotspots • 15 Jun 2011
No room for overpriced properties: RE/MAX
Armed with an array of options, investors and home buyers are refusing to consider any properties that are overvalued, RE/MAX WA managing director Geoff Baldwin has...
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Hotspots • 15 Jun 2011
Prestige properties under perform
Australia’s high end property markets have experienced significant price falls, placing the nation’s more affordable markets in a positive position.
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Hotspots • 14 Jun 2011
Free valuations to help make sense of market
A new initiative is offering investors and home buyers free and instant access to residential property valuations via Facebook.
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Hotspots • 14 Jun 2011
Winter chill keeps buyers away
Bleak winter weather continued to deter buyers over the weekend, the latest data has revealed.
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Hotspots • 14 Jun 2011
Future bright for Port Macquarie
Strong infrastructure investment in New South Wales’ Port Macquarie is boding well for the local property market, according to Raine & Horne.
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