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Hotspots • 15 JUL 2021

More than 1 in 3 Aussie properties cheaper to buy than rent

Having a mortgage is even more likely to be cheaper than renting than it was pre-pandemic, new research has revealed.

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Hotspots • 14 JUL 2021

Macro-prudential action likely this year, ANZ predicts

ANZ researchers have suggested that those looking for an indicator of whether the financial regulators will act on housing prices are looking in the wrong places.

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Finance • 14 JUL 2021

Banks asked to prepare for negative interest rates

Banks have been told to draft plans to deal with the possibility of zero or negative interest rates by April 2022, with the aim to evade potential “operation...

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Hotspots • 14 JUL 2021

Rents surge as rental vacancy rates hit 10-year low

Rental markets are tightening, with the national residential rental vacancy rate said to have hit its lowest level since May 2011.

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Hotspots • 14 JUL 2021

Are you eligible for the COVID-19 landlord support grants?

The NSW government has announced a moratorium on evictions as part of its financial rescue package, but has promised not to leave landlords in the dark.

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Hotspots • 13 JUL 2021

Would house prices be better in a no-COVID world?

Pre-COVID-19, house prices across Australia’s major capital cities were already expected to enter a cyclical upswing in 2020 – so did the pandemic change things for...

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Hotspots • 13 JUL 2021

1 in 5 capital city residents looking to leave

Muval’s new migration index suggests that Australians aren’t done with capital cities. 

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Hotspots • 12 JUL 2021

Perth’s top 10 fastest-growing suburbs revealed

The Western Australian capital now boasts 10 suburbs where median price growth exceeded 25 per cent in 2020.

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Hotspots • 12 JUL 2021

The standout performers of Brisbane’s real estate market revealed

Brisbane has seen a swift recovery from the pandemic, with sellers and buyers said to have whiplash as property prices continue to outdo themselves month-on-month.

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Hotspots • 12 JUL 2021

Young renters cry out against ‘lack of respect’ in rental market

Young Australians have expressed dismay over the perceived discrimination within the rental market as the wealth divide forces them into long-term renting.

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