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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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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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