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Hotspots • 02 DEC 2016

Affordability unlikely to improve due to councils ‘not taking up the challenge’

According to new research, developers are outstripping councils when it comes to catering for Sydney’s growing demand for new residences.

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Hotspots • 30 NOV 2016

Most investors still favour capital cities despite affordability issues

Despite a flurry of apartment construction in many major capital cities leading to a possible oversupply, many investors are still keen to buy an investment property in...

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Hotspots • 30 NOV 2016

Changes to foreign investment policy good news for property investors

An industry body has said the changes to the policy are “most welcome news” and will benefit other investors in off-the-plan property.

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Hotspots • 28 NOV 2016

Apartment building to drop by 40% by 2018/19

Multi-unit commencements could plummet by more than 40 per cent in the next few years as home building returns to “more normal levels”, according to a chief...

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Finance • 25 NOV 2016

Investors missing out on lower rates

Only a small proportion of home buyers are getting the best deal on their loans after failing to ask for a better deal, new research has revealed.

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Tax & Legal • 21 NOV 2016

Investors to benefit from new strata laws

More than 90 strata law changes passed by the NSW government will come into effect on 30 November and investors looking to renovate their apartments could reap the...

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Hotspots • 20 NOV 2016

80% of buyers fed up with out-of-date mortgages

Australia’s recent five-year property boom has set a precedent for home buyers to act with more immediacy, which has led 85 per cent of Aussies to admit the mortgage...

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Hotspots • 20 NOV 2016

Thumbs up for rental platform’s new pet ID feature

A leading rental property platform recently added a pet-enabler feature to its offering, and so far it has been a resounding success. 

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Hotspots • 18 NOV 2016

‘List now and beat the pack’

Investors thinking about selling soon are smack in the middle of the in-between zone. List now for a middle-December auction — or wait, let Christmas go on, and then...

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Hotspots • 13 NOV 2016

Victoria ahead of NSW in mortgage volumes, according to new data  

Victoria has emerged as the state with the highest growth in property lodgement volumes since last quarter, in spite of concerns about rising household debt, one of...

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