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Hotspots • 12 SEP 2018
Regional Australia is today’s property hotspot, says expert
Due to the general decline in dwelling value across capital cities, several experts believe that regional Australia is the place to be for investors who want to maximise...
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Tax & Legal • 12 SEP 2018
Victoria’s ‘Rent Fair’ reforms pass Victorian Parliament
Legislation that was described as putting more power into the hands of tenants by the Victorian government has passed both houses of Parliament, guaranteeing its legal...
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Hotspots • 12 SEP 2018
Property prices decline as majority of capital cities drag down
Capital city dwelling prices saw a decline across the country over the June quarter due to five capital cities, while the other three saw some growth.
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Hotspots • 12 SEP 2018
High investment levels in NSW and Vic don’t ‘make much sense’: CoreLogic
With a slowdown of investment across the country, yet high concentrations of investment activity in Sydney and Melbourne, property research firm CoreLogic has claimed...
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Hotspots • 11 SEP 2018
How to find hotspots in a market of ‘irrational exuberance’
The UNSW Business School has put out a warning for property investors to be wary of making decisions based solely on capital city-based data, citing high uncertainty in...
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Hotspots • 11 SEP 2018
Units set for long-term growth of over 50% in one capital city
While units have always seemed inferior to houses, one capital city holds great potential for capital growth, recording capital growth of more than 50 per cent for the...
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Finance • 10 SEP 2018
NAB acting ‘differently’ after royal commission fiasco: CEO
NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn said the bank is “listening and acting differently” to its customers in the wake of the banking royal commission and will keep its standard...
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Finance • 07 SEP 2018
Mortgage rate hikes bad for entire property market: CoreLogic
Analysis by property analytics company CoreLogic has shown the recent loan rate hikes by the big banks are likely to do much more harm than good.
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Finance • 07 SEP 2018
APRA investor measures have ‘run beyond their usefulness’: industry body
The continuous imposition of restrictions on property investors by the nation's regulator continue to turn investors away and “have run beyond their usefulness”, an...
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Hotspots • 07 SEP 2018
Property market update: Brisbane, August 2018
While Brisbane has not exactly provided extraordinary returns in the recent years, experts laud the capital city for being “stable and consistent” in terms of...
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