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Hotspots • 18 JUN 2021
REIA calls for urgent industry-government plan to tackle housing issues
The Real Estate Institute of Australia has called on the state and federal governments to tackle urgent issues surrounding home ownership, with data suggesting 97 per...
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Hotspots • 18 JUN 2021
Property market update: Brisbane, May 2021
Brisbane showed no signs of slowing down in May, as the city’s property market upswing continued to gather pace. Will the Sunshine State capital continue to thrive for...
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Hotspots • 17 JUN 2021
Auction activity on the uptick with Sydney in the lead
With Melbourne out of lockdown and the long weekend behind us, the number of properties set to go under the hammer has finally picked up.
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Hotspots • 17 JUN 2021
Rents rise as the rental market continues to tighten
Rental properties are being snapped up at accelerated rates across the country, squashing vacancy rates and exerting upwards pressure on rents.
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2021
Australia heads towards an apartment drought
The Property Council is predicting an apartment supply crunch across some of the country’s largest housing markets, which can only be curtailed by coordinated state...
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2021
Home market now worth $8.3 trillion as NSW cracks $1m mean price mark
It’s official, Australia’s 10.6 million residential dwellings are now worth $8,293.2 billion, with NSW emerging as a record setter after its average house price...
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2021
Queensland’s latest move on affordability is a good first step, say property advocates
New investments by the Queensland state government are expected to reduce the pressure on the state’s existing issues of housing supply and affordability.
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Hotspots • 15 JUN 2021
House prices a ‘time bomb’ ready to erupt in the absence of immediate intervention
Australia’s housing system is not working for the economy and an immediate overhaul is needed, a new report has alleged. The report calls into question the...
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Hotspots • 15 JUN 2021
Long weekend leads to lower auction activity
The Queen’s Birthday long weekend has unsurprisingly seen a halving of auction volumes over the week ending 13 June 2021.
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Tax & Legal • 15 JUN 2021
Are the benefits of negative gearing property a fallacy or is it a clever way to grow your asset portfolio?
When it works well, negative gearing can be good. As I see it, though, the problem is that the benefits are hugely overstated and the downsides often drastically...
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