Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
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Hotspots • 08 Apr 2011
Buyer confidence improving
Despite recording a fall a sales activity, Ray White says buyers remain positive about the property market.
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Hotspots • 07 Apr 2011
Buying time in Sydney’s high end
The top end of Sydney’s property market may have had a patchy run of late but there are still good buying opportunities, according to one industry figure.
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Hotspots • 07 Apr 2011
Rental returns on the rise
Rental rates increased across the nation in the March quarter with growing demand for rental properties expected to drive even better rental returns for investors as the...
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Hotspots • 07 Apr 2011
Couples put property before babies
Couples are delaying plans to start a family in order to get their foot on the property ladder.
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Hotspots • 05 Apr 2011
QLD's biggest urban renewal project starts
Queensland is set to see its largest urban renewal project in history, with the RNA Showgrounds Regeneration Project set to start this week.
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Hotspots • 05 Apr 2011
Boost for NSW housing
New South Wales buyers and renters are set to benefit from the new state government’s plan to boost housing supply.
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Hotspots • 04 Apr 2011
Auctions miss the mark
Buyers in Sydney and Melbourne once again held the upper hand, with clearance rates failing to top 60 per cent in both capital cities.
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Hotspots • 04 Apr 2011
Melbourne: property underdog
Despite being labelled the property underdog, Melbourne is actually doing quite well, WBP Senior Residential Advisers’ Sean Thomson said.
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Hotspots • 04 Apr 2011
Questions mark over exit fee ban benefit
Mortgage brokers are divided as to whether investors and home buyers will benefit from the federal government’s blanket ban on exit fees.
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Hotspots • 01 Apr 2011
New home building to weaken in 2011
New home building is set to fall by 15 per cent in 2011, placing increasing pressure on Australia’s already stretched housing supply.
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