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Hotspots • 14 JUL 2017
Housing market status for financial year 2016-17 revealed
The latest CoreLogic Property Pulse has revealed the ups and downs of how the housing market fared over financial year 2016-17.
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Hotspots • 14 JUL 2017
Investors say lending restrictions are impacting on property plans
The results of a survey reveal changes on investment lending are having a knock-on effect on property plans of investors.
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Hotspots • 13 JUL 2017
Increased buyer interest recorded in most of regional Victoria
Victoria’s market continues to perform strongly, with homes in regional areas taking a median of 55 days to sell in June, 11 days less than the same period last year.
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Finance • 13 JUL 2017
Interest-only home loans falling in value for investors
Demand for home loans rose in May, although investors are seeing a fall in home loan value.
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Hotspots • 13 JUL 2017
Major online portal enters lucrative auction space
One of Australia’s largest real estate platforms has announced a new strategic partnership with a crucial service provider, as the industry’s digital heavyweights...
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Finance • 13 JUL 2017
Investor housing finance on downward curve, says REIA
The latest figures released by the ABS show finance approvals for investor housing are on a downward trend, according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia.
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Hotspots • 12 JUL 2017
Perth population booming at 21,000 and growing
Recent census data shows that inner-city living in Perth is growing, according to one agency.
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Finance • 11 JUL 2017
Investors paying 80 basis points more than owner-occupiers on variable rates
A crackdown of risky lending practices by regulatory body APRA has further impacted the property market, says finance comparison website RateCity.
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Hotspots • 11 JUL 2017
Home value, activity continues to climb nationally
Home values climbed in all but one of Australia’s capital cities last week, with only Perth slipping back into negative territory, according to the latest CoreLogic...
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Hotspots • 07 JUL 2017
Medium density housing on the rise
The latest CoreLogic analysis indicates that medium density housing is by far and large the most popular kind of housing over the last five years.
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