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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
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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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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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...
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Hotspots • 19 FEB 2019
‘Prop tech’ to play bigger role in property market this 2019
Based on the current trends in the real estate market, Real Estate Business’ Tim Neary believes that technology in property, or ‘prop tech’, is bound to be a more...
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Hotspots • 18 FEB 2019
1 capital city records value spike, others hold steady and drop
Values across major capital city markets remained largely steady or in decline last week, but one capital recorded an overall rise in house prices. 
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Tax & Legal • 18 FEB 2019
$1m-plus fines loom as new building compliance deadlines approach
Both NSW and Queensland have deadlines fast approaching relating to proper use of building materials, with penalties for non- compliance reaching up to $220,000 or two...
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