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Investor Strategy • 21 JUL 2022
How to calculate the market value of a property
When buying a property, people will usually check its price first. In real estate, we often talk about the market price of a house, which is the price at which it could...
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Finance • 21 JUL 2022
ANZ paints grim cash rate picture – predicts 4 back-to-back increases
The big four bank is now expecting consecutive 0.50 per cent increases to the cash rate between August and November.
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Tax & Legal • 21 JUL 2022
Warning issued as inaccurate valuations land WA valuer in hot water
An Applecross land valuer has been fined and punished by the State Administrative Tribunal for failing to meet accepted industry standards.
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Hotspots • 21 JUL 2022
5 regional markets defying the property market downturn
Despite a declining national property market, led by the activity of Sydney and Melbourne, there remain numerous regional markets where prices are on a slow uptick.
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Tax & Legal • 20 JUL 2022
Could Qld’s new property tax laws spell the end of interstate investment?
The beginning of a new financial year often brings with it a string of legislative and economic changes, including the latest amendments to Queensland’s land tax...
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Hotspots • 20 JUL 2022
Property market update: Melbourne, June 2022
The downtrend in Melbourne’s property market accelerated in June, with the Victorian capital closing out the year as one of the epicentres of declines among capital...
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Hotspots • 20 JUL 2022
Property downturn intensifies as more markets see declines: Report
A new report showed that Australia’s property market downturn continued to pick up pace during the latest quarter, as more markets felt the sting of the consecutive...
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Hotspots • 20 JUL 2022
Outer Melbourne hits record-breaking house prices
A new report from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) showed that median property prices in outer Melbourne suburbs had hit a new record high in the latest...
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Hotspots • 16 JUL 2022
The metaverse and the birth of the new wave of property investment
Facebook’s decision to rebrand last year as Meta and founder Mark Zuckerberg’s commitment to establishing “a new virtual world for users” is just one example of...
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Finance • 16 JUL 2022
Rates to boost by 50 bps, pause by September: Westpac
The bank’s chief economist has pitched its latest Reserve Bank prediction, predicting another half-percentage hike next month, followed immediately by a freeze.
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