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Hotspots • 26 APR 2023
Which suburb saw over 300% capital growth in the last 10 years?
A new report has revealed the suburbs where property owners could potentially cash in on up to 300 per cent value increases — if they bought there in a decade ago. 
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Tax & Legal • 26 APR 2023
Proposed anti-money laundering reforms to make housing transactions more ‘expensive and complex’: REIA
Proposed changes to the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws will do more harm than good to the real estate market, the Real...
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Hotspots • 26 APR 2023
Cairns council scratches controversial investor rate hike
A proposal to charge non-principal places of residence at a higher rate by the popular north Queensland town’s council has been abandoned following intense public and...
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Hotspots • 22 APR 2023
An Investor’s Guide To Vacancy Rates
When you invest in rental properties, finding quality tenants can make the difference between a successful investment and a failure. Vacant properties can be the weak...
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Finance • 21 APR 2023
RBA to have 2 boards as part of major shake-up
The central bank will soon have two boards — one to set the cash rate and another for governance — as part of one of the biggest shake-ups in the Reserve Bank of...
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Hotspots • 21 APR 2023
Sydney takes the lead in national industrial rental growth amid low vacancy rates
The NSW capital led the way nationally in terms of industrial rental growth, as low vacancy rates and supply issues supercharged rental prices in the city. 
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Tax & Legal • 21 APR 2023
Accountant raises alarm on ATO investor tax crackdown
Property investors must be “particularly careful” not to understate their income or overclaim expenses this tax time, an accountant has warned.
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Tax & Legal • 21 APR 2023
Qld makes good on sunset clause crackdown
The Queensland government has limited the power of sunset clauses in off-the-plan contracts that some shady developers were using to pull out of existing deals when they...
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Hotspots • 20 APR 2023
Is the Australian housing market truly at ‘high risk’?
While Australia’s property markets have been labelled as the second riskiest in the world, an expert offers arguments as to why the country’s housing market...
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Hotspots • 19 APR 2023
Healthy Qld rental market ‘worlds away’ as crisis continues
Even with the state’s residential vacancy rate climbing 0.1 per cent between Q4 2022 and Q1 2022, the market remains well short of possessing a healthy market,...
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