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Hotspots • 26 OCT 2023
How interest rate relief will unlock a new market cycle
At first glance, the Australian property market looks dire, but one small change could flick major indicators back to green.
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Finance • 26 OCT 2023
Movers beware: Consumer Affairs warns of dodgy removalists
Consumer Affairs Victoria has raised the alarm that a Melbourne-based, nationwide servicing removalist damages belongings and then blames the damage on customers.
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Hotspots • 26 OCT 2023
The best cheap and central east coast city suburbs
In a climate of soaring rents and rapidly declining vacancy rates, an affordable Australian rental within touching distance of a CBD is rarer than snow in the Sahara.
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Hotspots • 25 OCT 2023
Nearly 1 in 10 Aussies plan to sell next year – are you one of them?
The number of property owners planning to sell next year has doubled since 2022, recent research suggests.
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Investor Strategy • 24 OCT 2023
Is Australia’s housing target a pipe dream?
The federal government’s hunt for 1.2 million new Australian homes built might be a futile expedition, according to some experts.
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Hotspots • 24 OCT 2023
The property price driver outweighing all others in 2023
Among all the market drivers that influence Australian property prices, one reigns supreme.
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Hotspots • 24 OCT 2023
Where are Australia’s most in-demand rental suburbs?
Perhaps surprising to some, Western Australian capital Perth dominated PropTrack’s recent ranking of the most sought-after suburbs by tenants.
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Hotspots • 23 OCT 2023
Surging prices could push home ownership out of reach of Aussie FHBs
These days, achieving the great Australian dream requires a great deal of stretching and penny pinching, but new analysis indicates it could soon be largely out of reach...
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Hotspots • 23 OCT 2023
What’s the best month to sell in Australia?
Throughout the peaks and valleys of the market, over the past nine years, one month has shown to deliver higher property prices for sellers than during the rest of the...
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Hotspots • 23 OCT 2023
New home buyers rush to sign contracts in anticipation of NSW cost hike
Cost changes scheduled for 1 October caused an “extraordinary spike” in new home sales in NSW, as buyers raced to sign their contracts before the deadline.
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