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Hotspots • 31 JAN 2023

Brisbane’s record falls can’t erase rapid pandemic price gains

Just over seven months after prices peaked, the Queensland capital has recorded its swiftest and largest decline ever.

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Hotspots • 31 JAN 2023

Billion-dollar markets: Suburbs where buyers spared no expense in 2022

While 2022 proved to be a tumultuous year for the property market, a new report revealed that there were a handful of suburbs that managed to cash in 10-digit total...

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Hotspots • 27 JAN 2023

New residential land sales fell in Q3 2022 despite price declines

Even with land prices affordability growing slightly, HIA-CoreLogic’s latest Residential Land Report for the penultimate quarter of 2022 revealed sales hit record...

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Finance • 27 JAN 2023

Annual inflation balloons to 30-year high

The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) consumer price index (CPI) data revealed annual inflation reached its highest point since 1990 last December.

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Hotspots • 27 JAN 2023

6 key real estate trends investors must watch out for in 2023

A mortgage expert weighs in on how trends in 2022 will shape the property market’s landscape this year.

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Hotspots • 25 JAN 2023

Trio of beachside suburbs mark Melbourne’s top performers

Melbourne’s waterfront suburbs continue to enjoy strong gains in 2022, with three beachside locations claiming the top three spots for house price growth.

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Hotspots • 25 JAN 2023

Return to capital cities will continue driving rental crunch in 2023, report shows

Australians and overseas migrants are returning to major cities, causing rental supply to slump and competition for vacant listings to heat up, a new report showed.

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Hotspots • 24 JAN 2023

Australia’s most popular FHB locations revealed

A fresh batch of data from one of the big four banks has revealed the Australian postcodes most popular among first home buyers.

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Hotspots • 20 JAN 2023

4 in 5 Aussie markets declined in Q4 2022

The number of Australian markets that reported a decline during the December quarter grew from less than 10 per cent in 2021 to 80.7 per cent last year, according to...

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Hotspots • 20 JAN 2023

Labour shortage, supply constraints drive house commencements to record highs: HIA

Aussie home builders had been commencing more new projects than they had been completing, new data showed, as supply constraints and labour shortage continue to dampen...