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Hotspots • 24 MAY 2021
Property market update: Brisbane, April 2021
Brisbane’s typically slow-moving property market has continued to rapidly grow in April, despite Australia’s most recent market boom showing signs of slowing down...
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Hotspots • 24 MAY 2021
Clearance rates continue to trend lower
Auction clearance rates across combined capital cities have declined for the fifth consecutive week, new data has revealed.
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Hotspots • 24 MAY 2021
Victoria’s new builds break boom record
A new record number of detached housing starts are set to begin in Victoria, breaking the numbers achieved during the peak of the 2018 boom.
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Hotspots • 21 MAY 2021
Regional rents soar as people flee cities
Regional rent values have outpaced the capital city markets by almost three times, a new report has revealed.
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Hotspots • 21 MAY 2021
ACT extends land tax exemptions for landlords
In a bid to address rental affordability across Canberra, the ACT government has announced the indefinite extension of land tax exemptions for landlords.
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Hotspots • 20 MAY 2021
Auction activity set for slide
Following recent highs, with the last two weeks being the second and third busiest weeks of 2021, the auction market appears to be cooling alongside the weather.
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Hotspots • 20 MAY 2021
Westpac introduces a savings buffer for distressed mortgage customers
Westpac is looking to make life a little easier for financially distressed customers by introducing a savings buffer to its existing suite of mortgage products.
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Hotspots • 19 MAY 2021
Small capital cities lead rental growth with double-digit rise
While Sydney and Melbourne’s rental markets continue to struggle, the smaller capital cities are thriving, having achieved massive growth in the past 12 months.
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Hotspots • 19 MAY 2021
Could the ‘outstanding’ 2 per cent deposit scheme break the poverty trap?
The 2 per cent deposit scheme has been widely praised as a way to ‘break generational poverty traps’, two industry experts have said.
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Hotspots • 18 MAY 2021
Regions continue to outpace cities – but which areas are topping the profit ladder?
Regional markets have continued their winning streak, with property values growing at twice the pace seen across the capital cities in the last 12 months, new data has...
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