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Hotspots • 29 MAY 2013

Confidence up, prices and rents expected to rise

With 80 per cent of property buyers believing now is a good time to be purchasing, values are also likely to see an increase in areas where confidence is strong.

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Finance • 29 MAY 2013

Most repaying over their mortgage’s minimum

A majority of mortgage holders are currently making additional repayments to their loans, helped by low interest rates, according to a recent survey.

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Hotspots • 29 MAY 2013

Trend towards apartments contested

With an ageing population, investors have commonly been told that a shift towards apartments will be coming from both the young and the ageing, but one demographer...

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Hotspots • 28 MAY 2013

Sydney property most affordable since 2009

Sydney residential property is at its most affordable level since August 2009, revealed by data from Onthehouse Holdings Limited.

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Hotspots • 28 MAY 2013

Investors slugged $200k for unsafe beds

Property managers and landlords will now face fines of up to $200,000 if they do not comply with new mandatory safety standards for bunk beds.

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Hotspots • 27 MAY 2013

Health services to underpin property value growth

New research has found that health infrastructure is a key driver of where Australians will choose to live, surpassing employment as the most essential consideration.

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Hotspots • 27 MAY 2013

Parts of Queensland 'too hot' for best buys

After purchasing over 120 properties in one Queensland area, an investor and buyer’s agent has told us that he’s moving on to other locations as the area is becoming...

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Hotspots • 24 MAY 2013

Prices tipped to increase in Brisbane's inner-city suburbs

The property market in inner-city Brisbane is about to heat up, according to Propell Buyers Advocates national manager James Freudigmann.

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Hotspots • 24 MAY 2013

Area's economy set to transform

Substantial investment in new infrastructure and development projects is transforming the Whitsunday region’s economy, according to a new report by Broad Property...

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Hotspots • 23 MAY 2013

Empty nesters encouraged to seize downsizing opportunities

Empty nesters in large family homes are currently in the best position to sell since 2007, according to Raine & Horne CEO Angus Raine.

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