Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 21 Jun 2011
Cautious buyers borrow smarter
Increased caution is not necessarily a bad thing for home buyers, one industry pundit has claimed.
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Hotspots • 21 Jun 2011
iPhone app to ease buying and selling process
Century 21 has joined forces with RP Data, releasing the group’s first property iPhone application to assist investors, home buyer's and sellers alike.
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Hotspots • 18 Jun 2011
New development for Sydney’s inner west
Property development group Australand has announced plans for a new residential development in Sydney’s sought-after inner west.
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Hotspots • 17 Jun 2011
Living costs demand change in property prices
Australian property prices may see a correction over the coming years as the cost of living continues to soar, Yellow Brick Road chairman Mark Bouris has claimed.
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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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