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Investor Strategy • 28 NOV 2025
Investors’ guide to asbestos: What are your obligations?
Amid National Asbestos Awareness Week, a network’s head of property management has highlighted the role landlords play in disclosing asbestos, ensuring tenant safety,...
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Hotspots • 28 NOV 2025
Growth without hefty price tag: Why Cranbourne is catching investors’ eyes
Cranbourne offers strong long-term growth potential, consistent rental demand, and attractive yields, making it an appealing suburb for families and investors seeking...
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Investor Strategy • 28 NOV 2025
Canberra rolls out landmark Help to Buy scheme
The federal government has confirmed that its shared-equity program, Help to Buy, will commence on 5 December, with the government set to take a significant stake in up...
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Investor Strategy • 27 NOV 2025
Investors hit with limit on high DTI loans in APRA crackdown
Investors will be hit with a limit on high debt-to-income (DTI) home lending as the prudential regulator tries to contain a rise in riskier lending in the housing...
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Finance • 26 NOV 2025
CPI figures extinguish rate hopes, but more pain is on the horizon
Opinion: Today’s inflation figures have all but destroyed any hope of an interest rate cut for those millions of Australians in mortgage stress. And I fear the worst...
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Hotspots • 26 NOV 2025
Home ownership on hold: Buyers now face a decade of saving
Buyers will now need over a decade to save a 20 per cent deposit, as house values have raced ahead of wage growth over the past five years.
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Investor Strategy • 26 NOV 2025
Turnkey investments: Boosting property value with renovations
With buyers increasingly seeking turnkey properties to save time and hassle, investors can boost sale prices by undertaking smart upgrades, leveraging their listing...
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Investor Strategy • 26 NOV 2025
Dealing with tough tenancies: How landlords stay in control
Managing tenants presents a range of challenges, from property destruction to routine maintenance. One property manager has shared her experience along with advice for...
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Tax & Legal • 26 NOV 2025
NSW strata shake-up cuts red tape, boosts high-density profits
NSW has introduced new strata reforms to boost investor confidence to buy high-density housing, including two-lot schemes, by cutting red tape and improving...
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Investor Strategy • 25 NOV 2025
How to overcome investors’ ‘3-property ceiling’ 
Investors unable to expand their portfolios should break the “three-property ceiling” by focusing on building capital faster and recycling borrowing capacity,...
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