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Finance 01 DEC 2015

December rate decision announced

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its final interest rate decision of 2015 at its monthly board meeting.

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Hotspots 01 DEC 2015

It's a millionaire's market

Melbourne vendors sold twice as many homes at auction as their Sydney counterparts over a busy weekend, with a raft of...

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Hotspots 01 DEC 2015

Property spruiker receives final orders

The Supreme Court of NSW has handed down final orders further to a judgement delivered against an SMSF property...

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Hotspots 30 NOV 2015

Capital growth has short time left to run

New statistics have revealed Australia’s current top-performing city, but past market patterns indicate it won’t...

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Finance 30 NOV 2015

Mortgages at greater risk of default

Housing affordability in Australia has deteriorated significantly over the 12 months to October 2015, increasing the...

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Hotspots 27 NOV 2015

Mining towns’ collapse ‘hasn’t even begun’

Investors who have been burned by the downturn in mining activity and decline in commodity prices have been warned that...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2015

Does The Block stack up as an investment?

After six buyers forked out more than $1.7 million each for a slice of The Block action, readers might be left...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2015

Travel through time to test your market knowledge!

How does the current property market compare with the state of the market a decade or two ago? Let's go back in time...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2015

Housing market a “classic Ponzi scheme”

A new report has depicted Australian real estate as being significantly overvalued, warning baby boomers against...

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Hotspots 26 NOV 2015

Foreign cash fuelling apartment ‘bubble’

A major bank has labelled Melbourne’s inner-city apartment market a “bubble” that is being partly inflated by...

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Hotspots 25 NOV 2015

Depressed markets set to turn

Two previously depressed markets are being touted as the growth locations to target in 2016 – but what do investors...

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Finance 25 NOV 2015

Bank to issue $80m customer refund

A major bank will refund around 216,000 customers as compensation for failing to apply fee waivers, interest...

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Hotspots 24 NOV 2015

Brisbane’s big noise

A new study has assessed the impact of aircraft noise on home values, as property owners in Brisbane’s blue-chip...

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Hotspots 24 NOV 2015

Values up, sales down

Another round of auction figures has painted a picture of massive year-on-year value gains, but fewer home buyers and...

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Finance 23 NOV 2015

Investors slapped with increased rates

Investors and homeowners alike are going to be feeling a little worse off this week, following the introduction of a...

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Hotspots 23 NOV 2015

Buyers turn away from major market

House hunters have dramatically lost patience with Australia’s largest housing market, but have embraced one of its...

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Hotspots 20 NOV 2015

Investors forced to abandon purchases

There’s been plenty of speculation that off-the-plan investors would eventually be hit the hardest by APRA’s...

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Hotspots 19 NOV 2015

Block-busted!

A real estate TV personality has been caught up in a tussle with Consumer Affairs Victoria, following claims that he...

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Hotspots 19 NOV 2015

Prices in 4 suburbs set to skyrocket

The detailed announcement of a major infrastructure project this week has the potential to see house prices rise by up...

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Hotspots 19 NOV 2015

Are you a real estate raconteur?

Can you juggle your jargon and banter with the best buyers out there or are you lost in the lexicon and likely to land...

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Hotspots 19 NOV 2015

Bushfire season fast approaching

Investors have been given a timely reminder of the importance of protecting their assets from bushfire threats during...

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Hotspots 18 NOV 2015

$5 million purchase caught in foreign investment crackdown

The federal government has announced it has ordered the sale of a further seven illegally-held residential properties,...

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Hotspots 18 NOV 2015

Perth prices still feeling the pinch

Prices in one of Australia’s former boom cities are yet to bottom out, according to one expert – with the...

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Finance 17 NOV 2015

Bidders battle elements to boost clearance rates

Despite poor weather conditions, Australia's busiest auction markets showed signs of improvement over the last...

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Hotspots 16 NOV 2015

Slow growth sets in

The softening rental market looks set to remain in Australia's capital cities, with a new report indicating that...