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Hotspots 18 SEP 2023

HAFF finally passes through Parliament

Following an extensive stalemate, the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) finally received its long-awaited...

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Hotspots 18 SEP 2023

‘More capital gains to come’: 10 top picks across Australia’s popular states

New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data has shown Australians are moving away from NSW and Victoria in droves.

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Finance 18 SEP 2023

Great Australian dream ‘alive and well’: Mortgage Choice

The majority of Australians believe that property is still a good investment despite current economic conditions, the...

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Hotspots 18 SEP 2023

The current state of Australian commercial property

How are rising interest rates, increased demand and more competition impacting the commercial market? One expert has...

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Hotspots 15 SEP 2023

Regional Australia requests 30% slice of HAFF’s $10bn pie

With the Albanese government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) expected to pass Parliament imminently, there are...

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Tax & Legal 15 SEP 2023

Is a certified quantity surveyor a good idea?

With tax time in full swing, and the Australian Taxation Office recently revealing its plans to crackdown on property...

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Hotspots 14 SEP 2023

Rental reform is about supply v demand, not tenants v landlords

For so long, the loudest social discourse surrounding the national rental crisis has aimed to pit landlords against...

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Hotspots 14 SEP 2023

Experts warn HAFF deal no silver bullet for supply crisis

Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party struck a deal with the Greens to bring an end to the housing policy stalemate that...

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Tax & Legal 13 SEP 2023

Senate vote makes HAFF official

The Labor government is celebrating the long-awaited Senate vote of its Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) bill,...

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Hotspots 13 SEP 2023

EXPLAINED: Are short-term holiday rentals killing the national housing market?

Short-term rental accommodation’s (STRA) popularity has risen rapidly in recent years, but how damaging is it for the...

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Finance 13 SEP 2023

Tassies’ home ownership equity scheme is seeing success

The island state says more than 200 households have made it onto the property ladder through its equity program.

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Hotspots 12 SEP 2023

Average home loan requires nearly 50% of Aussies’ income: Report

Both housing and rental affordability continued to worsen across Australia throughout the June quarter, according to...

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Finance 11 SEP 2023

Labor finds further $1bn to get Greens’ housing support

The Labor government has struck a deal with the Greens, agreeing to spend a further $1 billion on public and community...

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Hotspots 11 SEP 2023

Hunting affordable investing? 5 suburbs to zero in on

With Australian property values rising once more, one buyer’s agency has done the hard yards and located five areas...

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Hotspots 11 SEP 2023

How monitoring the rental market could be an early indicator of potential capital growth in flat markets

Our property markets do not move linearly. There are very clear patterns in the way they move.

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Hotspots 11 SEP 2023

How Australia’s housing market returned to $10tn

For the first time in 14 months, Australia’s housing market is valued above $10 trillion, but what has driven this...

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Tax & Legal 11 SEP 2023

Stamp duty breaks and cheap land tax headline SA investment push

The South Australian state government has kicked off a campaign to attract more companies into the jurisdiction,...

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Finance 08 SEP 2023

Navigating the pain: How property investors can tackle a challenging market

In the ever-evolving landscape of property investment, there is an undeniable truth that many investors are currently...

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Hotspots 08 SEP 2023

Qld values remain resilient through Q2: Report

New findings from the Sunshine State’s peak real estate body suggests Queensland’s property market performed better...

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Hotspots 08 SEP 2023

Listings surge as spring sprouts

Following over a year of unfavourable market conditions, new data from SQM Research has revealed a flood of properties...

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Hotspots 07 SEP 2023

How will the market respond to 3 successive cash rate holds?

In what was his final ever board meeting as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor, Philip Lowe said the central...

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Hotspots 07 SEP 2023

STRA uptake soars as wider housing market struggles

A new report from the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has revealed the number of Australian properties...

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Hotspots 06 SEP 2023

What suburb is Australia’s most coveted?

When it comes to where Australians want to live the most, no Australian suburb appears more wanted than the premiere...

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Hotspots 05 SEP 2023

RBA springs September cash rate call on the nation

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has revealed its September cash rate call at its monthly board meeting.

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Hotspots 04 SEP 2023

Where home owners are in it for the long haul

New analysis has highlighted the top Australian suburbs with a low turnover, where homes are frequently held for...

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