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Our Portfolio 23 DEC 2024

Is summer a good time to sell? Explaining the pros and cons of end-of-year listings

Selling over the end-of-year holiday period is becoming an increasingly viable option, but agents should help sellers...
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Investor Strategy 23 DEC 2024

Where can you still snap up a bargain?

With the increased cost of living and high interest rates, investors and first home buyers have turned to more...
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Investor Strategy 23 DEC 2024

Luxury home swap: A new way to travel for property investors

This summer, property investors can travel differently by swapping their luxury second home for another glamorous...
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Investor Strategy 19 DEC 2024

Luxury market set to boom further in 2025

With Australia’s luxury housing market forecast to reach or exceed $2 million over the coming year, some smaller...
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Tax & Legal 18 DEC 2024

When is enough enough? Protecting landlords is crucial to solving Victoria’s rental crisis

Opinion: Affordable rental accommodation is an essential piece of solving Victoria’s housing crisis puzzle – but...
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Investor Strategy 18 DEC 2024

Investing with friends 101: Achieving success and avoiding common mistakes

While many Australians would run from the idea of investing with their friends, Michael Jeffries said that if it was...
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Investor Strategy 18 DEC 2024

Which are the best suburbs for investors in 2024?

In a year dominated by interest rate speculation and varied price growth, here are the suburbs that returned big...
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Investor Strategy 12 DEC 2024

Revealing the suburbs with the biggest price rises in 2024

CoreLogic’s Best of the Best Report analysed the Australian housing market, which showed the suburbs with the highest...
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Tax & Legal 11 DEC 2024

Its impossible to find them: WA raises alarm over fake tradies

Western Australians have been warned against a group of “fake” tradies travelling the state offering “dodgy”...
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Tax & Legal 11 DEC 2024

Victoria changes regulations to boost housing supply

The Victorian government has announced changes to the small lot housing code, making it easier to get homes off the...
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Investor Strategy 11 DEC 2024

Australian residential and commercial market expected to shift in 2025

The Australian property market is forecast to undergo major transformation in 2025 as anticipated rate cuts and...
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Investor Strategy 10 DEC 2024

Foreign investors pour $10bn into Australian property in FY24

Foreign investment in Australia’s property market remained robust in FY24, with favourable global and local economic...
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Investor Strategy 10 DEC 2024

The often overlooked selling point in homes built after 2010

New data from CoreLogic has shown a big benefit to newer builds.
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Finance 10 DEC 2024

RBA delivers final cash rate call for 2024

After weeks of anticipation, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has handed down its eighth and final cash rate...
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Investor Strategy 09 DEC 2024

Is the Perth market slowing down?

As house listings increased in Perth, the median time to sell a house rose to 13 days in November, representing an...
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Investor Strategy 06 DEC 2024

Spring sales disappoint as buyers gain the upper hand

Recent industry data has indicated that a surge in stock level and weaker sales volumes over spring have tilted the...
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Investor Strategy 05 DEC 2024

‘Green investment’: Growing demand for natural capital in Australia

Corporate investors have turned to the Australian rural property market to ensure they meet their environmental, social...
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Investor Strategy 04 DEC 2024

October home building approval highest in 2 years

Nearly 15,000 dwellings were approved for construction nationwide in October, the highest since December 2022.
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Hotspots 04 DEC 2024

Brisbane property market update – November 2024

November 2024 saw Brisbane’s property market continue to display its characteristic resilience and growth trajectory,...
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Tax & Legal 03 DEC 2024

Home buyer ‘almost’ scammed $1.2m

A Westpac home buyer nearly lost over $1 million after a fake conveyancer email asked him to transfer his settlement...
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Investor Strategy 03 DEC 2024

National median dwelling price hits $800k

Australian dwelling prices have hit a new record in November across the country, reaching a median home price of...
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Investor Strategy 02 DEC 2024

Albanese sells investment property for $1.75m

On Friday night, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sold his Dulwich Hill investment property for $1,750,000,...
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Hotspots 02 DEC 2024

5 Victorian suburbs ideal for investors' beachside escape

As summer approaches, these five Victorian suburbs offer affordable coastal gateways for investors seeking a lifestyle...
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Investor Strategy 29 NOV 2024

Qld ranks first on the Housing Scorecard

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) of Australia has named Queensland the property market’s top-performing state.
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Investor Strategy 29 NOV 2024

Build to Rent bill passes through Parliament

The legislation aims to deliver 80,000 rental homes over the next decade, with recent revisions to the bill introducing...
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