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Hotspots • 02 JUN 2023

Armadale is the ‘ugly duckling’ suburb investors should swan dive into

Hailed as a suburb within an “ugly duckling” market, here is why investors are now turning their heads to Armadale.

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Hotspots • 02 JUN 2023

Urban planning pays off in Forest Lake

A master-planned community in south-west Brisbane shows why it pays to get in on the ground floor.

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Hotspots • 01 JUN 2023

Queensland’s Warwick a darling pick for sub-$400k investments

The “Rose and Rodeo Capital” has plenty going on — and with the median price of property sitting at a pretty $370,000 as at May 2023 — investors should take...

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Hotspots • 01 JUN 2023

Perth’s top 5 transit-oriented development locations revealed

As train access increasingly shapes Australia’s property landscape, a new report unveiled the top five priority locations for transit-oriented development (TOD) in...

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Hotspots • 31 MAY 2023

Why Australians are flocking back to the ‘20-minute neighbourhood’

The cost of living, return of office life and shift in priorities highlighted during lockdowns are driving Australian families back to smaller homes close to convenience...

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Hotspots • 31 MAY 2023

Armidale – the university town promising big things for investors

For many years university students have flocked to the northern NSW time with big dreams, and now, strong recent property market performances have attracted droves of...

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Hotspots • 31 MAY 2023

Building approvals slide to lowest level in over a decade

Approvals to build new homes fell to the lowest level in 11 years, weighed down by fewer permits for apartment and townhouse buildings.

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Hotspots • 31 MAY 2023

Wellard proves itself a property winner in WA

The City of Kwinana’s suburb of Wellard has beat out dozens of other Perth suburbs to gain status as an investor hotspot for the year ahead.

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Hotspots • 31 MAY 2023

Aussie apartment yields almost on par with houses

A sustained lack of stock and increasingly rising demand for rentals has seen the gap between median house and unit rents close to $15 per week, according to CoreLogic.

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Hotspots • 29 MAY 2023

SA spotlights future planning with housing supply summit

The Malinauskas government’s A Better Future Housing plan will be a key focus for the hundreds of planning and built environment professionals flocking to the state...