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Hotspots • 11 NOV 2014
Suburb crowned top rental yield performer
One suburb has vastly outperformed all others when it comes to rental yields within the Sunshine Coast-Ipswich-Gold Coast 'golden triangle'.
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Hotspots • 10 NOV 2014
Brisbane property values to benefit from G20
Brisbane’s “dwindling property investment appeal worldwide” could be significantly improved if the city puts on a good performance during the G20 summit later this...
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Hotspots • 10 NOV 2014
Resource regions still recording shaky rental data
Queensland’s resource centres continue to record weak rental market conditions, despite improvements in some areas.
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Hotspots • 07 NOV 2014
Brisbane’s riverfront apartment market takes off
Apartments on Brisbane’s riverfront are outperforming other inner-city markets and have achieved a higher rate of capital growth over the past 12 months than their...
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Finance • 06 NOV 2014
Interest rate cut likely in 2015: economist
A property market expert and economist believes interest rates may be cut even further in 2015, despite numerous commentators saying the next rate movement will be...
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Hotspots • 06 NOV 2014
Cost of living pressures to slow down Victorian market
The Victorian property market may drop-off as the end of 2014 approaches, with slowing household income growth, cost of living pressures and concerns over housing...
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Hotspots • 05 NOV 2014
Perth's rental stock soars
The number of properties available for lease in Perth has dipped recently, but still remains well above the levels recorded this time last year. 
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Hotspots • 05 NOV 2014
Canberra market faces ongoing downturn
Australia’s capital city has seen a drop in asking prices with one commentator predicting this trend will continue well into 2015.
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Finance • 04 NOV 2014
RBA Cash Rate Announcement - November 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced the outcome of its second-last monthly board meeting of the year.
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Hotspots • 04 NOV 2014
Curbing investor activity would be ‘short-sighted’
Regulators should “put to bed” any notion of intervening to cool the housing market and slowing investor activity, according to Mortgage Choice CEO Michael Russell.
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