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Hotspots 22 JUN 2015

Top 5 loss-making investment locations revealed

The regions where sellers have encountered the biggest losses have been uncovered in a new report.

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Hotspots 22 JUN 2015

Nation’s best property experts to be revealed

Investors across the country can have their say on their ultimate property A-team with the launch of the inaugural...

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Tax & Legal 19 JUN 2015

Scrapping negative gearing would ‘make situation worse’

With housing affordability and negative gearing continuing to generate debate, one economist has weighed in and said...

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Hotspots 18 JUN 2015

Time running out for Sydney

Investors looking to cash in on booming conditions in the New South Wales capital may need to act quickly in order to...

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Finance 17 JUN 2015

Stamp duty increases 695%

Property buyers around Australia have suffered colossal increases in stamp duty over the past two decades.

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Hotspots 17 JUN 2015

Investor crackdown a ‘failure’

Recent attempts by regulators and the banks to put the brakes on investor activity have failed, with harsher measures...

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Finance 16 JUN 2015

Next rate movement will be up: experts

Despite continuing speculation that the Reserve Bank could cut rates again later this year, most commentators believe...

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Tax & Legal 15 JUN 2015

Negative gearing cuts ‘dangerous’

A political plan to scrap negative gearing has been slammed as a misleading and ill-conceived policy that would hurt...

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Hotspots 15 JUN 2015

Top 5 buyers’ and sellers’ markets

A new analysis of Australia's property market conditions has revealed the five regions that most favour vendors and...

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Hotspots 12 JUN 2015

Australia in property bubble: 1 in 3 investors

More than 30 per cent of investors believe the country is in the midst of a property bubble, despite a clear majority...

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Hotspots 12 JUN 2015

Disaster warning for Queensland investors

Lawyers are warning property owners in Queensland to double-check their insurance ahead of the storm season or risk...

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Hotspots 10 JUN 2015

Bank gets tough on investment in NSW

Lenders are continuing to make moves to crack down on investor activity, with more restrictions coming into play from...

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Tax & Legal 09 JUN 2015

Political party seeks abolition of negative gearing

One of Australia’s political parties has announced it will push for an end to the “fundamentally unfair” negative...

Tax & Legal 05 JUN 2015

Investors ‘under-claiming’ at tax time

The ATO may have warned that it’s targeting property investors this year, but property owners could in fact be...

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Hotspots 05 JUN 2015

Western Sydney suburb to continue to boom

Despite ongoing speculation that the Sydney market has reached its peak, one suburb is set to grow and grow.

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Hotspots 04 JUN 2015

Investor crackdown ‘ineffective’

Recent attempts by regulators and the banks to temper property investment activity across the country are missing the...

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Hotspots 04 JUN 2015

Buyers rushing to northern suburb

House values are continuing to climb in one area with local and interstate investors chasing value and capital growth.

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Hotspots 03 JUN 2015

ATO targets property investors

The Australian Taxation Office is to increase its scrutiny of the 1.8 million investment property owners this year.

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Hotspots 03 JUN 2015

‘No property bubble’ in Sydney or Melbourne

Prices in Australia’s two largest capital cities are not about to fall and perceptions of a property bubble are based...

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Finance 02 JUN 2015

Banks' investor crackdown continues

Lenders across the country are continuing to introduce measures to crackdown on investor activity.

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Finance 02 JUN 2015

RBA Rate Announcement - June 2015

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its final cash rate announcement for this financial year.

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Hotspots 01 JUN 2015

Property transfers increasingly moving online

Faster settlements will soon be available to more Australians, with the country’s new electronic conveyancing network...

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Hotspots 01 JUN 2015

Australia’s fastest selling suburbs

Some vendors have all the luck, with time on market in certain suburbs averaging fewer than 20 days.

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Finance 29 MAY 2015

Crime rates in 6 suburbs damaging property prices

New research has revealed which crimes most adversely affect property values, with six suburbs in particular...

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Hotspots 28 MAY 2015

Chinese investors piling into local commercial property

Almost half of all Chinese investment in Australia is now concentrated in commercial real estate, new research has...