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Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.

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State of Markets - WA July 2012

Essential information, plus expert insight on what is shaping the national property market...
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State of Markets - SA July 2012

Essential information, plus expert insight on what is shaping the national property market...
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State of Markets - ACT July 2012

Essential information, plus expert insight on what is shaping the national property market...
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$10,000 new build grant extended, NT

Investors in the Northern Territory have been given an extension to the BuildBonus, treasurer Delia Lawrie recently...
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$1.5b injection to increase population, Karratha

Western Australia’s Karratha has ambitious plans to reduce fly-in, fly-out workers and increase the city’s...
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Investors may cause a market slump

Investors may cause the property market to slump if they sell up, according to a leading economist.
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Be discerning when seeking expert advice online

Investors need to be increasingly careful when relying on ‘expert’ advice, particularly online, according to...
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Housing injection to cater for 5,000, South Hedland

Western Australia’s economic growth has resulted in an upcoming housing injection for more than 5,000 people in South...
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Australian house price values unlikely to drop: RBA

Australian house prices won’t plunge, a senior Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said.
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NRAS is not a shortcut to success: RE/MAX WA

Property investors must be made aware of significant weaknesses in the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS), a...
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Homeowners happy where they are

Residential property owner occupiers in Australia are ‘staying put’ for longer, new data has revealed.
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Resource rich states to prosper

After two years of price declines in 2010 and 2011, new data coming out today suggests the fundamentals are beginning...
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Rents soar in Perth

The cost of renting or having a mortgage in Perth has increased substantially in the past five years, according to data...
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$830 million boost for NSW mining: BHP

An $830 million boost of funding for mining in the NSW Illawarra region, announced today, is “good news for local...
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$220m of new infrastructure, Port Hedland

A $220 million contract has been awarded for work on a major upgrade of the Great Northern Highway through Port...
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First urban growth of its kind in Australia

Australia’s first inner city urban growth area was announced yesterday by the Victorian state government.
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Perth, Brisbane property prices primed for growth

Perth property prices should recover the ground they lost last year, and Brisbane shouldn’t be too far behind,...
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Boost your sales price by styling -- more on the living room

The living room is often neglected when it comes to staging, but it’s an important room to get right from the get go....
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Noosa hotspotted as the ‘town to watch’

Noosa remains a buyers’ market, but future growth in the coastal town’s property prices will be underpinned by...
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NSW leads big fall in dwelling starts

Dwelling commencements fell sharply in the March 2012 quarter, with NSW leading the way with a 37.4 per cent plunge...
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National demand increasingly outstripping supply

The gap between housing supply and demand increased by 28,000 dwellings nationally in the year to June 2011, the most...
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Investors ‘targeted’ by government, Qld

Investors are being used as cash cows to raise Queensland Government revenue, and this technique may see investors sell...
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Sydney property has its 'best years ahead'

Sydney’s property market has its “best years ahead”, with prominent trend forecaster Bernard Salt predicting...
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Eyes wide open

My latest annoyance concerns the re-emergence of 'property investment' companies who sell 'house and land' packages to...
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Opportunity is alive and well

A cost-effective renovation in Sydney’s West has proved lucrative investment opportunities still exist, despite the...
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