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Hotspots • 24 FEB 2015
Investor frenzy fires up
New data has confirmed investors in the Australian property market are increasing rapidly, with finance commitments for investor housing reaching a record high of $12.6...
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Hotspots • 24 FEB 2015
Land supply falls as house prices rise
An economist has warned that the property market is “fast running into supply problems” after land values reached record levels.
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Hotspots • 23 FEB 2015
Queensland suburb expected to grow
Young professionals and empty nesters are increasingly being drawn to a master-planned suburb in Queensland, with sales steadily rising according to a new report.
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Hotspots • 23 FEB 2015
Sydney too hot for its own good
It is now “virtually impossible” for the average Sydney family to afford the average Sydney home.
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Hotspots • 20 FEB 2015
Off-the-plan apartment ‘boom’ in inner Brisbane
Queensland’s capital has recently recorded its biggest ever quarter in terms of off-the-plan apartment sales, a new report has revealed.
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Hotspots • 20 FEB 2015
Property supply catching up with demand
Australia’s property market has remained tilted in favour of sellers for the 10th straight quarter – but the balance is shifting.
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Tax & Legal • 19 FEB 2015
Negative gearing protects the vulnerable
Abolishing negative gearing would hit the most vulnerable in society the hardest and put further pressure on the housing market, a real estate chief has argued. 
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Hotspots • 18 FEB 2015
21 NSW suburbs set to boom
A new report has unveiled the 21 suburbs across New South Wales primed to deliver investors the best returns in 2015.
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Hotspots • 18 FEB 2015
Overseas buyers ‘increase supply’ and ‘keep prices low’
Tony Abbott’s plan to tighten the rules around foreign investment in residential real estate has been slammed by a group representing Chinese buyers.
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Hotspots • 17 FEB 2015
Top 10 rental yields revealed
New data from January has highlighted the Australian suburbs with the highest gross rental yields.
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