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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...
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Hotspots • 15 MAR 2021
The WA location where rentals are spending just 11 days vacant
A number of regional centres have surpassed Perth in terms of the fastest median leasing time, with the city of Busselton leading the charge.
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