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Investor Strategy 12 NOV 2024

Specialist Disability Accommodation sector seeks investors

Perth’s property fund management Blackoak Capital is seeking investors to plug $100 million into the Western...
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Hotspots 12 NOV 2024

Capital cities’ new listings hit 10-year record

Capital cities’ new listings around the country have hit their highest volume in October for over a decade, new data...
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Investor Strategy 11 NOV 2024

Billionaire spends $15m to buy all 5 houses on The Block

For his last participation on The Block, Australian billionaire Adrian Portelli exited “with a bang” scooping all...
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Finance 07 NOV 2024

Property investors, developers turn to private credit

Developers, investors, fund managers and brokers have turned from traditional banks to private credit to fund their...
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Investor Strategy 07 NOV 2024

Hostel, pod industry calls for investors

A unique opportunity in the Gold Coast’s hospitality market has surfaced for investors, with a new report...
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Tax & Legal 07 NOV 2024

Examining the market impact of SA’s stamp duty shake-up

A change to the state’s first home buyer policy in the June 2024 budget has already had substantial flow-on effects,...
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Investor Strategy 06 NOV 2024

Winners unveiled for Australian AI Awards 2024

Momentum Media has announced 26 winners across 10 individual and 15 group categories for its brand-new Australian AI...
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Investor Strategy 06 NOV 2024

Demand for multifamily dwellings grows amid record housing prices

Demand for multifamily dwellings is projected to increase amid Australia’s record housing costs, bringing an...
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Investor Strategy 06 NOV 2024

Sustainable property 101: Go green and save money

Home owners and builders in Geelong will now be able to create more sustainable and energy-efficient homes, thanks to a...
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Investor Strategy 06 NOV 2024

Are Qld’s record low vacancy rates a ‘new normal’?

The state’s vacancy rates remained at the extremely tight level of 1 per cent over the September quarter.
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Tax & Legal 05 NOV 2024

Cash incentives continue for WA Airbnb landlords

Landlords in Western Australia will have more time to cash out incentives to convert their vacant properties into...
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Finance 05 NOV 2024

RBA hands down November cash rate

After weeks of speculation, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has delivered its seventh cash rate decision for the...
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Investor Strategy 01 NOV 2024

Why Sydney values dropped over October

Sydney home values haven’t seen a decrease since January 2023, but new market dynamics have caused a slight change...
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Tax & Legal 31 OCT 2024

NSW commits another $4m for tenant advocacy groups

The NSW government has committed an additional $4 million in funding to 21 not-for-profit groups to help tenants during...
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Finance 31 OCT 2024

Government payments masking inflationary issues: Master Builders

Australia’s peak building and construction industry association has said that the recent inflation rate has failed to...
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Tax & Legal 31 OCT 2024

Victoria's rental reforms refresh concerns of investor exodus

The Victorian government has said it will pursue a raft of rental policy changes, including banning no-fault evictions...
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Tax & Legal 31 OCT 2024

No-fault evictions out as Victoria reveals new rental reforms

The state has announced it will move to outlaw the practice of “no-fault” evictions and cap the amount a tenant can...
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Hotspots 25 OCT 2024

NSW government identifies 30 new development sites

The new sites will provide land for 1,600 new homes, located across Sydney and regional NSW.
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Investor Strategy 24 OCT 2024

Straining under demand: The challenges facing Perth’s construction sector

With the city’s construction sector struggling to keep up with increased demand, an industry expert has called on the...
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Tax & Legal 23 OCT 2024

‘A bad tax’: Housing Minister says stamp duty should be axed

Federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has made it clear she’s no fan of states and territories’ current property...
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Investor Strategy 22 OCT 2024

Coalition commits $5bn to infrastructure under election housing plan

Peter Dutton has promised that a Coalition government will dedicate $5 billion for works like sewerage, water and power...
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Tax & Legal 22 OCT 2024

Victoria shakes up stamp duty concessions

The state is looking to rev up activity in the off-the-plan apartment market.
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Tax & Legal 22 OCT 2024

Why retail tenancies could be in for big changes in WA

Scheduled for review every five years, the laws that govern Western Australia’s retail tenancies are once again under...
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Investor Strategy 18 OCT 2024

What’s happening with vacancy rates?

CoreLogic has reported a turnaround in the rental trend witnessed at the beginning of 2024.
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Investor Strategy 18 OCT 2024

A reprieve for Perth as dwelling completions hit 6-year high 

The strain on Perth’s rental and property market could be beginning to ease as the number of new homes being built...
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