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Finance • 23 OCT 2015
Rate rises not all bad news
The major banks have made their move, but will rising interest rates and reduced market activity provide new opportunities for property investors?
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Hotspots • 23 OCT 2015
Upcoming ‘hotspot’ falls flat
It was widely touted as the next best thing for investors pushed out of Sydney and Melbourne, but new data has revealed a disappointing outlook for this city.
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Hotspots • 22 OCT 2015
Are you a property investment expert?
Do you know enough to make your fortune from Australian real estate? Take our quiz and find out now! 
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Hotspots • 22 OCT 2015
Spruiker group faces Supreme Court's wrath
Dodgy advice relating to property investment within superannuation funds has proven to be a real estate company’s undoing.
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Hotspots • 21 OCT 2015
Lending crackdown looks set to continue
Investors could be facing higher interest rates across the board after the government made some significant announcements regarding the financial system earlier this...
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Hotspots • 21 OCT 2015
Investors should approach mining town's ‘recovery’ with caution
Investors are being warned to proceed with care after a new report claimed the property market in one of Australia’s most prominent mining towns had turned a corner.
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Hotspots • 20 OCT 2015
City's decline continues
Sydney has languished behind Melbourne for another weekend in the auction clearance stakes, in what now appears to be a clear trend.
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Hotspots • 19 OCT 2015
Increased risk for inner-city markets
The Reserve Bank of Australia has used a monthly review to highlight growing risks associated with property investment, expressing particular concern for off-the-plan...
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Hotspots • 19 OCT 2015
Melbourne to overtake Sydney in 2016
There’s been plenty of speculation, and a prominent property research company has now made the call: Australia’s two biggest markets are due for a change in ranking...
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Hotspots • 19 OCT 2015
10 biggest property turnoffs: how to fix them
Thinking of selling? Here are the top 10 things turning buyers away and what you can do to fix them. 
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