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Hotspots • 17 MAR 2021

Melbourne keeps Asian investor confidence

Despite the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and investment markets, the Melbourne commercial property market has successfully kept its status as an “investment safe...

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Hotspots • 17 MAR 2021

Mortgage delinquency rates to improve by end of 2021

Delinquency rates are expected to improve as economic momentum builds, but not before taking a hit on the first half of the year.

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Hotspots • 16 MAR 2021

Top 10 Aussie cities foreign buyers are enquiring about

New research has identified the top 10 Australian cities foreign property buyers have their eye on.

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Finance • 16 MAR 2021

‘Auction frenzy’ fuelling Vic property market

The number of homes going under the hammer in the Victorian property market has only added to rising demand, with more investors looking to nab their piece of the pie.

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Hotspots • 16 MAR 2021

Top-selling auction suburbs in Victoria

After bearing the brunt of the impact of COVID-19 last year, the Victorian property market continues on a recovery trend, recording its highest clearance rate in 11...

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Hotspots • 16 MAR 2021

Melbourne, Sydney continue struggle towards rental market recovery

While the national residential rental vacancy rate has remained steady, Melbourne and Sydney are still struggling through the pandemic’s effects.

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Hotspots • 16 MAR 2021

Why men own more properties than women

As of January 2021, Australian men own over 3 per cent more properties than women, according to a new report.

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Hotspots • 15 MAR 2021

NSW rental stock continues decline as Sydneysiders go west

The continuation of Sydneysiders leaving the big smoke for other parts of NSW has once again firmed up rental stock in certain areas, new research has found.

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Hotspots • 15 MAR 2021

Competition pushes homes $50k above first offers

Nationwide, final bids are up almost $50k on the first offers being made, thanks to a boom in qualified buyers and strong competition between bidders.

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Finance • 15 MAR 2021

Will changing lending laws see a debt disaster?

A soaring property market combined with a federal government looking to wind back safe lending laws is set to spell a “recipe for disaster”, according to industry...