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Hotspots • 20 MAY 2013
Sydney's best clearance rate in years
Property investors are surging into Sydney, prompting huge competition for properties and the strongest auction clearance rate in three years.
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Hotspots • 17 MAY 2013
Investors optimistic about property
Investors are looking up when it comes to their overall returns in 2013 compared to 2012, and have high hopes for property over the next 10 years, according to a recent...
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Hotspots • 17 MAY 2013
Property growing in popularity for SMSFs
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are moving away from cash and are instead looking to house their money in direct property, a recent survey indicates.
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Hotspots • 16 MAY 2013
Little change to yields despite rent growth
Australia has seen virtually no change to yields despite moderate dwelling value growth and a 3.5 per cent increase in rents over the past year, figures from RP Data...
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Finance • 16 MAY 2013
Budget cuts to hurt ACT property
The culling of more than 1,200 public sector jobs in the next financial year on top of significant job cuts last year could pull the rug out from under Canberra’s...
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Finance • 15 MAY 2013
Rate lows changing property landscape
The low interest rate environment we’re currently experiencing is causing a shift in the property landscape and opportunities available, warns a property specialist...
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Hotspots • 15 MAY 2013
Holiday home investments under threat
In a landmark decision, the NSW Land and Environment Court has ruled that the short-term letting of a Terrigal home was found to be illegal. 
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Hotspots • 14 MAY 2013
8pc growth predicted for two cities
Macquarie Bank has predicted eight per cent house price growth in two Australian cities over 2013.
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Hotspots • 14 MAY 2013
Perth goes from strength to strength
Perth's property market is on the rise with increased sales activity and record median house prices, according to new data.
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Finance • 13 MAY 2013
Another rate cut expected
Despite the current rate environment sitting at ‘historic lows’ we’re still expecting a further cut, according to a chief economist.
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