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Hotspots • 21 FEB 2019

Rental vacancies rates revealed for January in NSW

Key areas in NSW saw a rise in their vacancy rate, including Sydney, the Illawarra and the Hunter.

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Hotspots • 21 FEB 2019

Latest FHB data troubles property experts

First-home buyers are considered to be an important part of the property market, but fresh data is pointing towards these buyers are declining, which raises some...

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Hotspots • 21 FEB 2019

Melbourne suburb jumps into $1m club despite downturn

Off the back of solid growth, only one suburb over the December quarter was added to the pool of Melbourne suburbs with a median house price of $1 million or more.

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Hotspots • 20 FEB 2019

WA’s top-searched suburbs revealed as prices recover

New data has found the 10 most searched suburbs across Western Australia over the last 12 months.

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Tax & Legal • 20 FEB 2019

NSW market 'strangled' by taxes and red tape, lobbyist argues

The last 18 months have created lots of red tape and taxes on property to ‘strangle’ the current market, according to the director of an industry body.

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Hotspots • 20 FEB 2019

Price growth reaches 6-year high in sleeper state

An often-overlooked state has recorded its highest level of property price growth since 2012.

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Hotspots • 20 FEB 2019

Property market insight: 3 emerging trends in the real estate sector

As major property markets start to soften and smaller markets begin to rise, Real Estate Business’ Tim Neary believes that three emerging trends in the real estate...

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Hotspots • 19 FEB 2019

The worst performing suburbs of 2018 revealed

New data has revealed the suburbs that experienced the highest negative growth over 2018.

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Hotspots • 19 FEB 2019

Competition from FHBs not expected until late 2019

First-home buyers are expected to return to the market by the end of 2019, meaning property investors could have less-than-expected competition on their hands for the...

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Tax & Legal • 19 FEB 2019

‘Train wreck’ tax changes for property raised with PM

The Liberal government organised a roundtable with many of Australia’s top property experts to discuss what changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax would...