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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...
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Tax & Legal • 19 JAN 2023
Accountants urge home buyers to weigh cost of dodging stamp duty
Opting to pay an annual tax rather than stamp duty is “a double-edged sword” and could even raise house prices.
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Finance • 19 JAN 2023
Investor lending decline is detrimental to renters, expert says
 Tenants in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland will get the short end of the stick following a major drop off in lending to property investors caused by rising...
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