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Hotspots • 21 JUN 2023
How did Queensland’s failed land tax reform affect the rental market?
While there’s a notion Queensland's rental market got off scott-free from the iced land tax reforms in 2022, a new report has shown that the damage it inflicted runs...
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Hotspots • 20 JUN 2023
SA’s Nuriootpa – An investor hotspot hidden between wineries
Celebrated for its world-class wine, this suburb is proving why property investors, rather than oenophiles, are flocking to South Australia’s Barossa Valley.
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Hotspots • 20 JUN 2023
The cheapest place to buy a house near Melbourne’s CBD
Four neighbouring suburbs within 10 kilometres of Melbourne’s central business district currently have a median house price of under $1 million, and one neighbourhood,...
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Hotspots • 19 JUN 2023
Sydney’s prime market ranks 3rd in global rental growth index
The harbourside city has outranked the likes of New York, Toronto and Monaco in a global list measuring luxury residential rental growth.
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Hotspots • 19 JUN 2023
Over 250 Aussie markets lose million-dollar status
As the property market downturn worsens, a new report reveals the country’s million-dollar club has become even more exclusive, with hundreds of markets’ membership...
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2023
SA government scraps stamp duty to open home ownership door
The Malinauskas government has utilised its 2023–2024 state budget to abolish stamp duty for first home buyers purchasing under certain conditions.
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2023
Build-to-rent boom: Are investors being driven out of the apartment market?
The surge in build-to-rent (BTR) developments is causing a shift in the apartment market, a new report showed, with investors becoming a smaller part of the ownership...
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2023
5 Adelaide property hotspots showing no signs of slowing down
Even with South Australia’s median house price hitting a record $600,000, there’s still plenty of upside to be found across the capital city of Adelaide.
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Tax & Legal • 16 JUN 2023
ATO launches new foreign property buyer tool
From the end of June, the Tax Office is digitising its interactions with foreign investors and their representatives.
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Hotspots • 15 JUN 2023
Has Qld’s state budget hit the mark on housing?
Delivered earlier this week (13 June), the ninth state budget of the Palaszczuk government’s tenure is littered with housing promises — but is it enough?
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