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Hotspots • 21 MAR 2012

Editor of leading property magazine appointed to PIPA Board

Editor of Smart Property Investment, Phillip Tarrant, has been appointed to the Board of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA).

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Hotspots • 21 MAR 2012

US yields opportunities, but investors beware

The property market is improving in the US yet international buyers – including a large number of Australians - must be wary of "spruikers" offering poor deals, a...

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Hotspots • 21 MAR 2012

Mining not necessarily a positive

Mining may send house prices rocketing in remote areas, but in the heart of the Hunter, a mine shaft a few hundred metres under the feet of homeowners isn’t a good...

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Hotspots • 21 MAR 2012

More properties under $500K up for grabs

There was a sharp rise in the number of properties priced at less than $500,000 in 2011, according to new data from realestate.com.au.

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Hotspots • 20 MAR 2012

Infrastructure to drive growth, ACT

A new strategy for transport in Canberra will be a significant boost to the city, according to two government ministers.An improved bus service timetable and transport...

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Hotspots • 20 MAR 2012

Rental demand soars in Perth

Investors are expected to return to the Perth market, with a local agency reporting intense interest from potential tenants in one particular property last week.

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Hotspots • 20 MAR 2012

Australia's most expensive suburbs revealed - March 2012

Sydney’s Point Piper, in the city's Eastern Suburbs, has been labelled Australia’s most expensive suburb, with a median house price of $5.21 million in 2011.

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Finance • 20 MAR 2012

Auction clearance rates steady

Auction clearance rates continue to hover around 50 per cent in Melbourne and Sydney, suggesting the market is neither booming nor flagging.

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Hotspots • 19 MAR 2012

Darwin growth prompts new rail

Darwin is geared up for future growth with future rail corridors in the planning phase, according to Chief Minister Paul Henderson.

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Hotspots • 19 MAR 2012

Coastal planning may change, Tas

Coastal planning frameworks may change under a new Tasmanian Coastal Act, according to the Minister for Climate Change Cassy O’Connor.

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