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Investor Strategy • 16 JAN 2025
Australian dwelling price growth uninterrupted for 7 quarters
Despite slow growth, national dwelling prices continued to increase in the December quarter, marking the longest period of uninterrupted quarterly growth since...
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Tax & Legal • 16 JAN 2025
Industry bodies welcome Coalition’s $50k superannuation pledge for first home buyers
National property bodies across Australia have welcomed the Coalition’s pledge to reduce first home buyers’ financial hurdle to save for a deposit. Yet, more needs...
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Investor Strategy • 15 JAN 2025
‘Restoring the dream of home ownership’: Coalition pledges $50k scheme to first home buyers
The Coalition has pledged to allow first home buyers to access their super early to help fund their home ownership dreams.
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Investor Strategy • 15 JAN 2025
Rental data paints more vivid picture into Perth property fortunes
Perth’s property fortunes for 2025 could be hidden in rental data, as the Western Australian capital comes off mammoth growth for both property and rental prices.
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Hotspots • 14 JAN 2025
Where to invest next? Here are the undersupplied regions across Australia
These undersupplied regions are expected to be investment hotspots in 2025.
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Finance • 14 JAN 2025
Sooner rather than later: ANZ forecast interest rate cut in February
ANZ is now expecting a first interest rate cut within weeks when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets in February.
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Investor Strategy • 13 JAN 2025
‘The slowest since late 2021’: Australian rental prices stagnate
Rent price growth slowed down in the last quarter of 2024, with only Brisbane and the ACT showing growth in the month of December.
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Tax & Legal • 13 JAN 2025
Aussie sellers at risk of 15% withholding under new ATO rules
As of January, all properties sold in Australia are required to get a clearance certificate from the taxation authority or risk 15 per cent of the sale price being...
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Investor Strategy • 13 JAN 2025
Perth’s median house price hits $740k
The latest report from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA) showed Perth dwelling prices increased by nearly 2 per cent in December, despite staying...
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Our Portfolio • 10 JAN 2025
Equities outperform property as housing market slows
Equity market returns outperformed housing, according to recent CoreLogic data, as property growth slowed from 2023.
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