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Investor Strategy • 19 NOV 2025
Bid bold or go home: Top tips for auction success
With Australia’s auction market hotter than ever, buyers have been urged to bid boldly and push rivals to the limit, according to a leading NSW auctioneer.
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Investor Strategy • 19 NOV 2025
SA stamp duty exemption sparks surge in medical investments
Medical assets in South Australia have emerged as a strong performer for investors, with larger, higher-value properties, attractive yields, and long-term demand...
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Investor Strategy • 18 NOV 2025
Market watch: One-third of Gen Z eye property
One in three Gen Zers plan to buy a home in the next few years, showing growing optimism among this group despite significant financial hurdles.
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Investor Strategy • 17 NOV 2025
Building overhaul: SA cracks down on shoddy builders and inspectors
South Australian owners will gain stronger protection from dodgy building work and inspections through proposed reforms introducing inspector registration and harsher...
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Investor Strategy • 14 NOV 2025
Brisbane sellers ‘shoot for stars’, land in the red
Some Brisbane sellers are losing thousands by overestimating demand and overpricing their homes, often ending up with weaker-than-expected sales.
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Investor Strategy • 13 NOV 2025
Pet-friendly rentals: Tasmania tightens rules for landlords
From next year, Tasmanian landlords will no longer be able to stop tenants from keeping pets unless there is a valid reason, following the passing of a new bill through...
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Investor Strategy • 13 NOV 2025
Dream of house ownership fades as buyers forced into townhouses
Australians' dream of home ownership has been slipping as rising house prices have forced buyers toward townhouses, according to new data.
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Hotspots • 13 NOV 2025
Brisbane property market update, October 2025
Brisbane’s housing market stepped up a gear in October, with values rising faster than in September and competition intensifying at the more affordable end of the...
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Finance • 13 NOV 2025
Investor lending hits all-time high
The total value of new investor loans has jumped 18.7 per cent over the past year, ABS research has found.
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Investor Strategy • 11 NOV 2025
First home buyer properties lead October housing surge
Lower-priced homes within the First Home Guarantee price caps led Australia’s property gains in October, outperforming higher-value dwellings nationwide, with Darwin...
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