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Hotspots • 14 DEC 2015

Investor lending continues to fall

Lending to investors has declined for a sixth consecutive month – and further falls in both investor and owner-occupier activity may lie ahead, according to a leading...

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Hotspots • 10 DEC 2015

Investors trapped with no option to sell

Landlords in a number of regions across the country are facing a dire situation with untenanted properties and predictions that the market won’t turn around for...

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Hotspots • 10 DEC 2015

How much more could you be making?

Have a guess how much investors are earning by listing their properties as short-stay accommodation in some of Australia's most "hipster" suburbs.

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Hotspots • 10 DEC 2015

Real estate identity on the run

A Queensland real estate figure accused of trust breaches relating to the sale of US investment properties has failed to appear at a district court after fleeing the...

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Hotspots • 09 DEC 2015

2016 boom suburb predictions

A major shift in government policy could be about to heavily influence property values in the new year, according to two experts.

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Hotspots • 08 DEC 2015

Sellers running out of luck

Auction prices show no signs of slowing, but one city's clearance rate continues to slide, according to results from the weekend.

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Finance • 08 DEC 2015

End of days for land banking company

Liquidators have been appointed to a failed land banking company, amidst allegations that investor funds had been siphoned off in "shadowy circumstances". 

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Finance • 07 DEC 2015

Investors should brace for further rate rises

A top economist has claimed that APRA has “opened the door” for banks to hike rates out-of-cycle for their own commercial interests under the guise of complying...

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Hotspots • 07 DEC 2015

Housing affordability drops over September quarter

New figures have revealed that housing affordability declined nationwide over the September quarter – with year-on-year results indicating the rapid rise of housing...

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Hotspots • 04 DEC 2015

Investors to face 3-year squeeze

The after-effects of extreme value rises are beginning to reverberate throughout Australia’s capital cities, with no end in sight.

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