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Perth new arial spi

Hotspots 05 MAY 2021

Perth’s median house price exceeds $500k as leading suburbs are revealed

Perth has breached the $500,000 median house price ceiling for the first time since December 2018.

350 George Street CBD spi

Hotspots 05 MAY 2021

Buyer interest in smaller CBD office spaces picks up

In a sign that the CBD is rebounding following a tough 12 months, Sydney’s office market has witnessed...

Mandurah WA spi

Hotspots 04 MAY 2021

Dwelling markets with the biggest listings uplift revealed

The volume of dwellings advertised for sale is starting to lift, with over 27,000 new listings added across the...

inner sydney suburbs spi

Hotspots 04 MAY 2021

Falling vacancy rates signal return to cities: Domain

Rental vacancy rates have fallen across Australia’s capital cities, indicating that the worst of the COVID-19-induced...

Tasmania suburbs aerial spi

Hotspots 04 MAY 2021

Tasmania records strongest market growth in 19 years

Sales numbers across Tasmania surged by over 14 per cent in the first quarter, marking the strongest growth activity in...

ABS building spi

Hotspots 04 MAY 2021

New loan commitments reach record high

Record-low interest rates are leading to record-high new loan commitments as investors and first home buyers flood the...

tax houses calculator spi 1

Tax & Legal 03 MAY 2021

Look beyond the obvious when calculating tax deductions

Tax deductions can be concealed behind walls, in ceilings, under floors and on roofs – the combined value of which...

Port Hedland spi

Hotspots 03 MAY 2021

Perth not WA’s only hot property market: REIWA

Regional centres in Western Australia have recorded strong price growth in the March quarter, building on Perth’s...

property financing prices spi

Hotspots 03 MAY 2021

Is the property market reaching its summit?

While home values continued to rise across the country in April, current trends are pointing to the possibility that...

auction in place spi

Hotspots 03 MAY 2021

Fast start for May: Auctions up Australia-wide

Increased auction activity has kickstarted the month of May, boding well for the continued strength of Australia’s...

for rent sign spi 2

Hotspots 30 APR 2021

Is it cheaper to buy than rent – and where?

New research has revealed that there are indeed dwellings in Australia that are cheaper to buy than rent (57 per cent...

agent buyer working together spi

Finance 30 APR 2021

Home loan demand continues to soar

Record-low interest rates and strong house price growth is leading to surging mortgage applications, new research has...

regional queensland spi

Hotspots 30 APR 2021

Why regional markets will continue to soar post-stimulus packages

Australia’s regional property market is tipped to continue its strong growth into 2023, despite government stimulus...

Perth new spi

Hotspots 30 APR 2021

Property market update: Perth, March 2021

Perth’s property market made a strong showing in March, as solid demand fuelled greater than expected gains over the...

Nicole Cannon spi

Finance 29 APR 2021

Why you need to exercise caution in a low-rate environment

Investors are returning to the market following a nine-month-long hiatus, a mortgage broker has hinted.

melbourne twilight spi

Hotspots 29 APR 2021

Melbourne becomes a million-dollar median city

Houses in metro Melbourne have surpassed a median value of $1 million for the first time, jumping by as much as 8.8 per...

applause spi

Tax & Legal 29 APR 2021

Property industry welcomes overhaul of super performance test

The property industry has welcomed the government’s announced overhaul of the superannuation performance test, which...

Sydney aerial industrial spi

Hotspots 29 APR 2021

Sydney and Melbourne reap benefits of increased demand for industrial property

The industrial property sector appears to be booming across Australia’s two biggest cities on the back of an...

inflation growth spi

Finance 28 APR 2021

Rate of inflation disappoints, silencing interest rate doomsayers

Speculation that the likelihood of rising March quarter inflation data would signal the prospect of interest rate rises...

price growth spi

Hotspots 28 APR 2021

National house prices break 18-year record

Building on the post-pandemic recovery trend, national house prices saw the steepest quarterly increase in almost 18...

agent house

Tax & Legal 28 APR 2021

Buyers' agents receive key legal recognition in NSW

Buyers’ agents have been formally recognised in NSW’s Residential Conveyancing Protocol for the role they play in...

Newcastle industrial aerial spi

Hotspots 28 APR 2021

Newcastle’s industrial market sees surge in demand

The Newcastle and Hunter Region’s industrial property market has continued to attract swelling demand driven mostly...

Construction

Hotspots 28 APR 2021

Victoria leads on loan commitments and construction work done: CommSec

The latest State of the States report has shown that Victoria leads the country for home loan commitments and...

Perth new2 spi

Hotspots 28 APR 2021

Perth sales boom slows as supply improves

Perth’s sales activity has continued its growth trajectory, albeit at a slower pace compared with the first...

westpac spi

Hotspots 27 APR 2021

Big 4 tips price growth to slow based on 4 key reasons

Despite remaining bullish on Australia’s housing outlook, a big four bank has tipped that affordability pressures and...

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