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Tax & Legal 24 JAN 2025

Qld’s ‘shovel-stopping taxes’ must be overhauled to reverse state’s $218bn debt: PCA

With Queensland’s debt set to hit $218 billion by 2028, the peak body has called on the state to overhaul its...

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Investor Strategy 24 JAN 2025

Government unveils $10k apprentice incentive to tackle housing shortage

The federal government has announced a major initiative to address Australia’s chronic shortage of tradies, a...

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Investor Strategy 24 JAN 2025

Up to 10% growth forecast in Perth market

Perth’s property market is poised for growth of up to 10 per cent in 2025, according to the latest quarterly update...

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Investor Strategy 24 JAN 2025

Australians’ property dealbreakers revealed

Noise, traffic, garbage and graveyards were named the top dealbreakers for property buyers, according to a new...

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Investor Strategy 24 JAN 2025

Australia lags 15k homes behind national housing target

Australia is already 15,000 homes behind target just months into the federal government’s goal of 1.2 million new...

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Finance 24 JAN 2025

Rate cuts will still leave borrowers wanting: CoreLogic

As the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) first cash rate decision for 2025 draws closer, an industry expert has...

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Finance 23 JAN 2025

First home buyer activity surged in 2024

First home buyers have been taking the market by storm, with the number of FHB investor and owner-occupier loans...

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Investor Strategy 22 JAN 2025

Hunter, Central Coast take poll position for housing supply

The Hunter and Central Coast ranked as the top performers in housing delivery for NSW, according to recent Australian...

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Investor Strategy 22 JAN 2025

Building construction costs at their highest since 2023

Building construction costs increased by 3.4 per cent in 2024, marking the largest annual rise since September 2023 and...

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Investor Strategy 22 JAN 2025

New listings at their highest since 2021

National new listing volumes were 7.9 per cent higher in 2024 than the previous year despite the seasonal slowdown in...

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Investor Strategy 22 JAN 2025

Buyers spoilt for choice in the Victorian market

Victoria’s slow growth in 2024 has created new opportunities for investors as the market becomes more affordable.

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Investor Strategy 22 JAN 2025

Low vacancy rates, high rental and capital growth: Investors turn to co-living properties

Investors have turned to co-living to maximise profit and contribute to the rental crisis, with the sector set to grow...

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Finance 21 JAN 2025

Rate drop: Macquarie cuts fixed rates ahead of RBA meeting

Macquarie Bank has reduced its fixed-rate mortgages weeks before the Reserve Bank of Australia’s first meeting of...

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Investor Strategy 17 JAN 2025

Brisbane Olympic Games’ design set to boost investors’ market

Four Australian peak bodies advocated for essential design and planning strategies ahead of the upcoming Brisbane 2032...

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Our Portfolio 16 JAN 2025

Gen X winning investment race: 40% report owning at least 1 investment property

Gen X appears to be winning the race to financial freedom, as more than 70 per cent have a property portfolio and are...

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Finance 16 JAN 2025

Sooner rather than later: ANZ forecasts 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...

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Investor Strategy 16 JAN 2025

Vacancy rates ease in December

Vacancy rates showed a slight easing in December, but the Real Estate Institute of NSW said it was too early to...

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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...

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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’...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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