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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 recorded the greatest value growth over the past year.

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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 group Aveo after government and media attention on the...

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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 property purchases made by foreign buyers.

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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 "sledgehammer approach" to existing investors,...

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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 recording a fall, according to the latest CoreLogic...

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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 building products demonstrates why strata owners should...

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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 regulatory intervention” to discourage investors.

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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 Home Super Saver Scheme, downsizing measures,...

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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 states and territories for returns.

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