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Latest Property Investment News

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Hotspots 18 DEC 2017

Most capital cities see flat home values

Besides one capital city, last week saw home values remained level, according to CoreLogic data.
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Hotspots 14 DEC 2017

SA4 areas largely seeing growth over the last five years

Analysing areas with populations between 300,000 and 500,000, the latest Property Pulse looks at these areas...
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Hotspots 14 DEC 2017

New dwelling sales cooled over 2017

The results of a new report show new homes sales have been falling over 2017, yet the housing industry is still at...
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Our Portfolio 13 DEC 2017

Finding the best buyer’s agent: ‘Investing must be his core business’

Many property investors believe that finding a good buyer’s agent, as well as other members of one’s financial...
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Hotspots 13 DEC 2017

2018 to see further property price cooling

Moving into next year, property prices are believed to cool down, but the combination of strong population growth and...
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Finance 11 DEC 2017

APRA claims property prices have signalled risk for ‘some time’

The regulator believes it can successfully cool house prices and contain risk without relying on countercyclical...
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Tax & Legal 08 DEC 2017

First Home Super Saver Scheme and downsizing incentives pass both houses

Following the news of marriage equality passing both houses of Parliament, bills on downsizing incentives and the...
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Hotspots 07 DEC 2017

Housing affordability on par with early 2000s levels

A new report shows that housing affordability slightly eased Australia-wide over the September quarter, lessening the...
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Hotspots 07 DEC 2017

Sydney housing at highest value since 2007

Despite moderate declines very recently and with a healthy current median value of $904,041, Sydney remains the...
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Hotspots 06 DEC 2017

Sydney dwelling values fall by 0.7 per cent

With the dwelling value in the NSW capital falling by 0.7 per cent over November, the overall value drop for the...
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Hotspots 06 DEC 2017

Listings up around the country in November

Over November, national listings rose 3.2 per cent up to 334,594 according to new research.
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Finance 05 DEC 2017

Interest-only loans fall a ‘slam dunk’ for APRA

New data from APRA shows a smaller number of people are taking interest-only loans, a move described by an expert as a...
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Hotspots 05 DEC 2017

First home buyers significantly changing priorities: Westpac

Westpac’s 2017 Home Ownership Report reveals the new trends of buyers looking to purchase their first home and...
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Finance 05 DEC 2017

RBA reveals cash rate decision - December 2017

The cash rate for December has been announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia following its regularly scheduled...
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Hotspots 04 DEC 2017

Home values remain buoyant across most capital cities

The latest CoreLogic data showed home values climbed across the majority of capital cities again last week but fell...
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Hotspots 29 NOV 2017

No evidence of housing oversupply, expert claims

The release of a new outlook by the Housing Industry Association (HIA) has revealed that Australia is far from facing...
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Hotspots 28 NOV 2017

Slowdown in investment: Bloomberg

Australia’s “housing frenzy” is over, according to a Bloomberg report which points to data from the Australian...
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Hotspots 27 NOV 2017

Most capital city home values keep climbing

The latest CoreLogic data shows home values are climbing in all but two capital cities, with one falling and the other...
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Finance 24 NOV 2017

RBA shows indifference towards house prices

The RBA has claimed, much like APRA, that it does not have any targets for housing prices, despite warning about the...
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Hotspots 23 NOV 2017

Sydney’s median price surpasses most capital cities’ top 10% of markets

The latest Property Pulse by CoreLogic takes a break from looking at median values and instead takes a look at the...
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Tax & Legal 22 NOV 2017

Melburnian short-term letting law proposals: Experts have their say

A local government in Melbourne has proposed local laws to tackle supposed party houses. It’s not so cut-and-dry...
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Hotspots 21 NOV 2017

Perth property market predicted to see a positive 2018

According to an expert, a fall in properties listed for sale is indicative of a recovering market, creating a...
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Hotspots 20 NOV 2017

Most home values rising again across capital cities

The new CoreLogic data indicated majority of home values rose across most of the capital cities over the last week,...
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Hotspots 16 NOV 2017

Surprising result amid capital city investor slowdown

The latest CoreLogic Property Pulse explores the influence investors have on the property market at large, and reveals...
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Hotspots 16 NOV 2017

Australians showing signs of optimism over property market

New research by Mortgage Choice reveals the majority of Australians are optimistic about the property market and will...
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