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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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Hotspots • 17 FEB 2015
Foreign investors to be targeted
The federal government has promised to make life easier for young buyers by making life harder for foreign investors.
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Hotspots • 16 FEB 2015
Property spruikers ‘out in force’
With investor activity continuing at record levels, time-poor investors are at risk of being taken for a ride, a team of property professionals has warned.
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Finance • 16 FEB 2015
Property boom won’t stop further rate cuts
The Reserve Bank of Australia has admitted that while Sydney house price growth is “concerning”, it is not strong enough to deter further easing of monitory policy.
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Hotspots • 13 FEB 2015
Government to provide free property data
A government plan to provide free property data has been hailed as a way to fight underquoting, but also criticised as potentially misleading.
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