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Hotspots • 15 MAR 2021
Auction volumes rise to second highest number annually
Capital cities witnessed over 2,200 homes taken to auction over the past week, with clearance rates rising close to 20 per cent over the year.
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Hotspots • 12 MAR 2021
Property market update: Melbourne, February 2021
Against a backdrop of surging national property values, Melbourne’s housing market continued to stage a comeback in February, building on the progress it recorded in...
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Hotspots • 12 MAR 2021
Is now the right time to sell your property?
Australia’s housing market is currently in one of the strongest growth phases on record, but is now a safe time to sell?
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Hotspots • 12 MAR 2021
New home sales soar with one state blowing past expectations
New home sales in the three months to February trumped last year’s figures by 60.5 per cent, as the government’s celebrated HomeBuilder program considerably upped...
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Hotspots • 11 MAR 2021
How this investor turned his dud buys into a $4m portfolio
Investor Chris Panic’s first foray into property investing landed him a dud buy, but that did not discourage him from pursuing his dreams and building a...
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Hotspots • 11 MAR 2021
What is the average house price around Australia?
With the country rapidly recovering from the impacts of COVID-19, house and unit prices have picked up across the country, so where can you afford to buy today?
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Hotspots • 11 MAR 2021
International students key to unlocking Perth’s CBD revival
The Property Council of Western Australia is demanding government support to reactivate Perth’s reputation as a university city, with the aim to revitalise the CBD and...
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Hotspots • 11 MAR 2021
Where to find the highest rental yields
Wondering which city will earn you the highest rental yield?
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Hotspots • 11 MAR 2021
Tensions emerge as house prices continue to rise
A strong economic backdrop has led to a near 10-year high in consumer confidence, but evidence of tensions in the housing market have emerged as a result of rising...
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Hotspots • 10 MAR 2021
RBA puts to rest rate rise chatter and washes hands of house price boom
The Reserve Bank of Australia has put to rest chatter among investors that conditions for a higher cash rate could be met as early as next year and reaffirmed its...
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