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Hotspots 24 AUG 2021

Singapore is now the largest foreign investor in Australian property market

Singaporean investors have increasingly moved to fill the gaps in Australia’s property landscape left by the recent...

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Hotspots 24 AUG 2021

‘Too much policy’ harming landlords amid lockdown

Behind rental protections and support packages, landlords are left with the burden of navigating a series of...

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Hotspots 23 AUG 2021

Australia’s preliminary auction clearance rate just fell to a new low

Lockdowns across some of Australia’s major centres have just yielded the lowest preliminary clearance rate since late...

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Tax & Legal 23 AUG 2021

Highrise of lies: Gold Coast developer cops fines over GST fraud

A Gold Coast property developer has been criminally convicted after he fraudulently claimed a $147,763 GST refund for a...

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Tax & Legal 20 AUG 2021

NSW’s new permit system locks investors out of Central Coast hotspots

Even though it remains subject to the same restrictions as the rest of Greater Sydney, those looking to visit the...

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Hotspots 20 AUG 2021

Expats said to be the culprit behind price growth in premium suburbs

One economist has suggested that expats may be the culprit behind recent upticks in premium property prices.

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Hotspots 20 AUG 2021

How far can $700k stretch across Australia’s capital cities?

It’s long been a feature of Australian real estate that a capital city’s location will have some influence on how...

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Hotspots 20 AUG 2021

Property market update: Brisbane, July 2021

Brisbane bucked the trend of easing growth, delivering solid growth despite facing COVID-related challenges in July....

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Hotspots 19 AUG 2021

CoreLogic: Lockdowns might be bad news for spring, but conditions are right for a rebound

CoreLogic says that widespread lockdowns in Victoria and NSW mean that this year’s spring selling season is going to...

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Hotspots 19 AUG 2021

Auction activity still dampened by lockdowns

With less than two weeks before the spring selling season of 2021, auction markets aren’t picking up as much as one...

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Hotspots 19 AUG 2021

Australia’s construction sector said to be in ‘early stages’ of another boom

The data shows that residential construction costs are outpacing inflation.

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Hotspots 19 AUG 2021

NAB puts a spotlight on affordable suburbs for first home buyers

One of Australia’s biggest banks has shared its shortlist for first home buyers looking for suburbs where it’s...

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Hotspots 18 AUG 2021

Property market told to brace for more frequent natural disasters

Australia’s property market should brace itself for the impact of climate change and the potential for an increase in...

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Hotspots 18 AUG 2021

4 danger signs property investors need to watch

The property market has shown incredible resilience since the COVID-19 pandemic first began, so what are the warning...

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Finance 18 AUG 2021

Calls for stamp duty reform intensify ahead of housing affordability inquiry

A new inquiry on housing affordability has the property sector talking about the possibility of stamp duty reform...

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Hotspots 18 AUG 2021

Over 100 Perth suburbs offer cheaper mortgage than rent

Servicing a mortgage is now cheaper than paying rent in a huge part of Perth as the Western Australian capital...

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Finance 17 AUG 2021

Government unveils new lands acquisition reforms

The federal government has updated the legislation around how it acquires land for public use, following a formal...

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Hotspots 17 AUG 2021

‘Concerning’ rental price rises above 10% observed Australia-wide

Rental prices have surged over the past 12 months, as many areas continue reporting vacancy rates just above 1 per...

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Hotspots 17 AUG 2021

Online auctions: ‘People are very comfortable’

Lockdowns do not appear to be fazing buyers and sellers, according to one network, which has reported a “seamless”...

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Hotspots 17 AUG 2021

Westpac warns of sharp economic contraction

Westpac is predicting a sharp contraction of the economy in the September quarter, but the big four still expects the...

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Hotspots 16 AUG 2021

Persistent lockdowns rock auction results

Auction clearance rates have taken another minor hit as lockdowns persist across Sydney and Melbourne, with Canberra,...

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Hotspots 16 AUG 2021

‘Unfair, costly’ commercial rent waivers reintroduced in NSW

The Property Council of Australia (PCA) has raised concerns about the reintroduction of mandated rent waivers as part...

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Hotspots 16 AUG 2021

Should investors turn their attention to units?

The premium for houses over units has hit record highs, so should investors turn their gaze to units?

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Hotspots 13 AUG 2021

4 Aussie cities among the biggest winners in pandemic price gains

Four Australian cities have been recognised as some of the biggest winners in a global trend of pandemic-induced...

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Hotspots 13 AUG 2021

Sydney rental market tightens amid lockdown

Despite going in and out of lockdowns over the past year, Sydney’s rental market has maintained resilience, with...

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