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Hotspots • 09 MAY 2023

Will the latest rate hike undo rebounding market confidence?

While the March lending data showed confidence is returning among property buyers, the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) warned the latest rate hike could wither...

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Hotspots • 06 MAY 2023

Rent hikes break records across Aussie capitals

A new report showed Australia's capital cities have recorded the strongest annual rental increase in history, fueled by a surge in overseas migrants and international...

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Hotspots • 05 MAY 2023

Vendor caution drives declines in property listings

Capital cities saw larger-than-normal declines in residential property listings in April as vendors took a cautious stance amid slow buying activity.

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Hotspots • 03 MAY 2023

Market confidence improves as cautious buyers and investors leave sidelines

Confidence is returning to the property sector, a new report showed, as savvy buyers and investors shed their cautious approach and return to the market.

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Hotspots • 03 MAY 2023

National Cabinet announcements ‘no silver bullet’ for housing crisis: REIA

Despite welcoming the recent outcome of the National Cabinet meeting, Australia’s peak real estate body believes the schemes fall short of real reform.

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Hotspots • 03 MAY 2023

Consecutive monthly home value increases indicate market may have bottomed out

After falling throughout the back end of 2022, CoreLogic’s latest Home Value Index (HVI) has revealed home prices across the country have risen for the second month...

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Hotspots • 02 MAY 2023

RBA delivers May cash rate decision

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) handed down its fourth cash rate decision for 2023 at its monthly board meeting on Tuesday, 2 May.

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Hotspots • 02 MAY 2023

Home Guarantee Scheme expanded as National Cabinet flags supply increases

Federal Housing Minister Julie Collins announced reforms to the scheme two days after the Prime Minister and state premiers agreed to investigate reforms to boost...

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Hotspots • 29 APR 2023

‘New Rockhampton’ to be formed as Qld braces for population surge

Five new suburbs have been approved in one of South-East Queensland’s largest greenfield growth areas to accommodate future housing needs in the northern Brisbane...

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Hotspots • 29 APR 2023

Government must get serious about NSW housing supply: Tim McKibbin

Australia’s most populated state could face an ongoing housing crisis unless empty government promises become deep commitments, according to the state’s peak real...