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Hotspots 08 SEP 2023

Listings surge as spring sprouts

Following over a year of unfavourable market conditions, new data from SQM Research has revealed a flood of properties...
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Hotspots 07 SEP 2023

How will the market respond to 3 successive cash rate holds?

In what was his final ever board meeting as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor, Philip Lowe said the central...
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Hotspots 07 SEP 2023

STRA uptake soars as wider housing market struggles

A new report from the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has revealed the number of Australian properties...
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Hotspots 06 SEP 2023

What suburb is Australia’s most coveted?

When it comes to where Australians want to live the most, no Australian suburb appears more wanted than the premiere...
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Hotspots 05 SEP 2023

RBA springs September cash rate call on the nation

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has revealed its September cash rate call at its monthly board meeting.
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Hotspots 04 SEP 2023

Where home owners are in it for the long haul

New analysis has highlighted the top Australian suburbs with a low turnover, where homes are frequently held for...
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Hotspots 04 SEP 2023

Short-term v long-term rentals: Which offer better returns?

With no end in sight for the national rental crisis, a new research has revealed just how alluring the financial...
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Hotspots 04 SEP 2023

Double-digit growth in rents on show in Sydney’s luxury market

The harbourside city has seen the third-highest growth in luxury residential rents over a 12-month period in a global...
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Hotspots 01 SEP 2023

Dispelling Perth’s foreign buyer myths

It’s the headline which has been all the rage in mainstream media for some time now: foreign investors are buying up...
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Finance 01 SEP 2023

Home insurance ‘discounts’ under fire in class action investigation

Hundreds of thousands of home and contents insurance policyholders could be covered by a potential class action lawsuit...
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Hotspots 31 AUG 2023

What investors need to know about the student accommodation crisis

According to the acting executive director of the Student Accommodation Council, Adina Cirson, Australia’s “need to...
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Hotspots 30 AUG 2023

Your guide to Qld’s new minimum housing standards

With the Sunshine State’s minimum housing standards set to kick off on 1 September 2023, here is everything...
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Hotspots 30 AUG 2023

Rent growth to slow in 2024: CoreLogic

The upward trajectory of national rents, which rose for the 35th consecutive month in July, will not remain a permanent...
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Hotspots 29 AUG 2023

More Aussie mortgage holders at risk than ever before

Almost a third of mortgage holders are deemed to be at risk of mortgage stress, according to new data from Roy Morgan.
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Hotspots 29 AUG 2023

Appraisal numbers signal burst of spring listings

Auction volumes have been indicating that vendors are returning to the market, and now a look inside a national...
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Hotspots 28 AUG 2023

What will Australia’s property landscape look like in 40 years?

Analysis of the latest Intergenerational Report reveals key ways that the Australian property landscape could change to...
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Hotspots 28 AUG 2023

Adelaide surprises with ‘remarkably stable market’

The South Australian capital’s property market appears to have defied the odds across FY23.
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Finance 25 AUG 2023

16 years of savings needed for house deposit: Finder

First home buyers are required to save for over a decade on average to afford a deposit on a home, new research has...
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Hotspots 25 AUG 2023

How many homes must each state build to meet the new 1.2m target?

An amped up target for national home building means that each state’s share will be increasing in line with its...
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Hotspots 25 AUG 2023

Auction volumes on an undeniable upswing

Another big week of auctions has volume watchers wondering if spring has come early, or if the last weeks of winter are...
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Finance 23 AUG 2023

Refinancing struggles doubled over 6 months

A personal finance marketplace has said the number of home owners struggling to refinance due to serviceability issues...
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Finance 22 AUG 2023

Buying a property with 2 loans isn’t as simple as it sounds

Using two loans to acquire a property for an SMSF can be done, but there are layers of documentation and regulations...
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Hotspots 21 AUG 2023

Canberra ‘well placed’ to speed up housing supply

Good news for Territorian investors: a range of measures will ensure the ACT’s property affordability and liveability...
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Tax & Legal 21 AUG 2023

Tasmania on board with federal housing plans

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has called the housing commitments made at the recent national cabinet meeting “a...
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Hotspots 18 AUG 2023

Which Australian state has the fastest-growing population?

New data has shown one state saw remarkable population growth across 2022 – and the reasons for the boom may or may...
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