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Finance 03 MAY 2022

RBA hands down much-awaited May cash rate

The Reserve Bank of Australia has released its cash rate for May amid wide speculation this would be the month to break...

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Finance 29 APR 2022

CommBank leads the charge for green lending

Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, has broken new ground by announcing it will be implementing green...

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Finance 29 APR 2022

Inflation surge to further sour home ownership dreams – REIA

As the latest inflation data bolstered the case for a pre-election rate hike, the Real Estate Institute of Australia...

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Hotspots 29 APR 2022

Property market update: Perth, March 2022

The reopening of Western Australia’s borders gave Perth’s property market its second wind in March, as the city saw...

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Hotspots 28 APR 2022

Cost of living shortens rental availability, REINSW says

Cost-of-living increases have been attributed as a key factor behind NSW’s low residential vacancy rates, the REINSW...

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Finance 27 APR 2022

Price drops set for 2023: NAB

The bank has doubled down on its prediction that house prices will decline by 10 per cent in 2023.

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Hotspots 27 APR 2022

Property market update: Brisbane, March 2022

The recent flooding disaster failed to break Brisbane’s strong stride, as the city posted another month of solid...

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Hotspots 27 APR 2022

10 of Perth’s biggest bargain suburbs

According to new information released by REIWA, a strong year of price growth for Perth’s property market has not...

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Hotspots 26 APR 2022

Property market update: Melbourne, March 2022

The autumn season didn’t bring just a chill in the air, but to Melbourne’s property market too – as the city’s...

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Hotspots 26 APR 2022

20 affordable suburbs within commuting distance of capital cities

The cost of housing versus the distance you have to spend commuting to your workplace is an equation most Australians...

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Finance 23 APR 2022

Major bank says inflationary pressures on the way up

Westpac predicts core inflation will rise to 4 per cent in the second half of 2022.

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Hotspots 23 APR 2022

Investors bank on build-to-rent sector for future growth

The Australian build-to-rent model is gathering pace, according to a new report, with more new players deciding now is...

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Hotspots 22 APR 2022

Commercial properties remain apple of foreign investors’ eyes

A new report revealed that foreign investment in Australian commercial properties nearly doubled last year,...

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Finance 20 APR 2022

Morrison targets FHB voters with higher property price caps

Higher property price caps for the New Home Guarantee scheme could come into play on 1 July, 2022, if the coalition is...

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Finance 20 APR 2022

Are property investors pushing prices higher?

The average price for investment properties was found to be nearly $170,000 below the mean national property price.

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Hotspots 20 APR 2022

Easter auction week breaks record

The four-day break did not stop buyers and sellers from coming out in droves over the weekend, as auction markets...

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Hotspots 20 APR 2022

Property market update: Sydney, March 2022

Sydney may have been the scene of some of the world’s fastest house-price growth in 2021, but experts ruled that the...

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Hotspots 16 APR 2022

Construction costs reach highest level since GST implementation

Construction costs across Australia have seen the highest annual growth rate on record outside of when...

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Hotspots 14 APR 2022

10 economic powerhouses boasting strong property markets

Here are some of Australia’s best-performing and fast-recovering local economies touting strong housing markets...

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Hotspots 14 APR 2022

20 Perth suburbs with the most impressive turnarounds post-pandemic

Value of homes and sales activity in Perth have nearly doubled since the pandemic began in March 2020, according to...

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Finance 13 APR 2022

Major banks revise cash rate forecasts

Economists from all four major banks have revised their cash rate forecasts following the RBA’s meeting last week,...

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Hotspots 13 APR 2022

Mixed bag for home values as Australia shifts to multi-speed market

Home values have fallen across some of Australia’s capital cities for the recent quarter, with markets in Melbourne...

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Investor Strategy 13 APR 2022

The basic principles that can become a 31-property portfolio

This young investor was only 19 when he bought his first investment property. Now, he has 31 properties across four...

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Tax & Legal 11 APR 2022

Foreign investor fined $250k for unauthorised property purchases

It’s the first-ever fine to be doled out under Australia’s foreign investments rules.

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Hotspots 09 APR 2022

Brisbane property market update March 2022

This article will highlight what has happened in the Brisbane property market throughout March 2022.

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