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Hotspots 25 SEP 2017

Residential real estate at healthy levels: Mortgage Choice

According to Mortgage Choice CEO John Flavell, residential real estate in Australia has ‘never been healthier’.

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Hotspots 25 SEP 2017

Home values remain flat across most capital cities

Home values remained – uncannily – unchanged last week in all but one capital city, with Melbourne the only one...

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Hotspots 25 SEP 2017

Property investors ‘shouldn't assume’ high returns will continue

Home owners and investors have experienced a slight softening in their housing returns and should expect a “further...

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Hotspots 21 SEP 2017

Nearly 3 out of 4 households indebted: CoreLogic

CoreLogic’s latest Property Pulse has analysed the result of recent surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of...

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Hotspots 21 SEP 2017

Vacant Perth rental properties drop below 10,000

For the first time since January 2016, the number of vacant rental properties in Western Australia’s capital have...

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Hotspots 19 SEP 2017

ANZ sees ‘further evidence’ of cooling property market

A combination of factors is weighing on the Australian real estate market, with ANZ flagging a continued slowdown in...

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Hotspots 19 SEP 2017

Vacancy rates on way down, weekly rent rates up

Data from SQM Research has shown nationwide vacancy rates are generally trending down and asking rates are trending up,...

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Hotspots 19 SEP 2017

Home values creep in most capital cities

Home values increased marginally in all but one capital city last week, with Sydney being the only one that recorded a...

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Hotspots 18 SEP 2017

‘Melbourne has stolen Chinese buyers’: Juwai

More than 40 per cent of all Chinese-buying inquiries in the year to date have been for Melbourne, making the southern...

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Hotspots 15 SEP 2017

Bigger CGT discounts and MIT changes: Government details housing affordability measures for investors

First home buyers aren’t the only ones benefiting from the government’s attempts to make housing more affordable,...

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Hotspots 15 SEP 2017

Hobart could be the next Sydney, says property market analyst

With both Sydney and Melbourne markets cooling, a property market analyst has said a boom could occur in Tasmania’s...

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Hotspots 15 SEP 2017

Value increases best at top end of town

Research by CoreLogic using the stratified hedonic index shows that the most expensive 25 per cent of properties...

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Hotspots 14 SEP 2017

Changing economic conditions a crisis for unprepared investors

Investors without a hold on their cash flow may face crisis in 2018, according to a chartered accounting firm.

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Hotspots 13 SEP 2017

Retirement property firm faces lawsuit as sector comes under scrutiny

A leading class action law firm has announced it will be mounting a class action suit against residential property...

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Hotspots 12 SEP 2017

WA budget slugs foreign buyers, helps state economy

The Western Australian government hopes to raise $48 million in additional revenue through a 4 per cent surcharge on...

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Hotspots 11 SEP 2017

Government takes ‘sledgehammer approach’ to new property legislation

A tax depreciation expert explains that the new legislation intending to address housing affordability would be a...

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Hotspots 11 SEP 2017

Home values continue to climb, albeit very slowly

Home values continued with their marginal climb in all but one capital city last week, with Perth again the only one...

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Hotspots 08 SEP 2017

APRA limits ‘extraordinarily successful’

Residential building is “on the threshold of a sharp decline”, courtesy of an “extraordinarily successful...

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Hotspots 08 SEP 2017

Strata owners, you’re on your own: Fire Safety Forum

Last week’s Strata Fire Safety Forum has found that the long delay by the Senate in reporting on non-confirming...

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Hotspots 07 SEP 2017

Budget measures for housing affordability introduced to Parliament

The Turnbull government has brought forward a range of measures to address housing affordability, such as the First...

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Hotspots 07 SEP 2017

CoreLogic shows the best capital cities for returns

The latest data from CoreLogic shows returns from housing are beginning to slow down, as well as the best and worst...

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Hotspots 06 SEP 2017

FHBs come out to play despite affordability downturn

The release of the Adelaide Bank/Real Estate Institute of Australia Housing Affordability Report reveals housing...

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Hotspots 06 SEP 2017

Tinder for investors? Get ready to swipe right

A new Tinder-style leads platform has found its way to the market, offering owners a private way to search for a...

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Hotspots 06 SEP 2017

Weak Perth rental market foreshadowing softened market overall

The number of vacant rental properties in Perth are declining steadily, which, according to an expert, indicates the...

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Hotspots 05 SEP 2017

One-quarter of investors concerned over rising property prices

Cost of living is a concern for nearly one-third of Australian property investors while one-quarter worry about...