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Hotspots • 16 SEP 2013

Infrastructure to strengthen thriving market

The Australian property market is experiencing its best September in years, Raine & Horne has reported.

Hotspots • 16 SEP 2013

Chinese buyers driving growth: CEO

Overseas buyers are set to drive the residential property market up in 2014, according to Vow Financial chief executive officer Tim Brown.

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Finance • 13 SEP 2013

Investors warned about debt structure

A leading adviser has urged investors to reassess their debt strategies and cautioned that interest rates may soon rise.

Hotspots • 13 SEP 2013

Housing demand higher than expected in Sydney

Population growth figures released by the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure indicate that Sydney will need another 100,000 more new houses than previously...

Hotspots • 12 SEP 2013

Consumer confidence hits three-year high

Consumer confidence has shot to its highest level since 2010, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment.

Hotspots • 11 SEP 2013

Sydney market not in 'property bubble'

Investors need not worry about the property bubble ‘bursting’ in Sydney, according to RP Data’s Tim Lawless.

Hotspots • 11 SEP 2013

Higher growth potential in rent-heavy suburbs

A high proportion of renters in a suburb can improve a property’s potential for capital growth, according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria.

Hotspots • 10 SEP 2013

Unit sales grow 40pc in Queensland

Unit and townhouse sales have increased by nearly 40 per cent in the past year in Queensland, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Queensland...

Hotspots • 10 SEP 2013

Market activity to increase following election

Improved consumer sentiment is expected to lift the Australian property market following the federal election, experts say.

Hotspots • 09 SEP 2013

Sydney smashes clearance record again

A federal election over the weekend failed to dampen Sydney buyers’ appetite for property, with the city breaking yet another record for the best auction clearance...