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As Aussies battle rising interest rates and a rental shortage, one town has just auctioned off 11 properties for extraordinary low prices.
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Many property markets are tipped to fall in coming years but a handful of mineral-rich regions could buck that trend due to an emerging green energy boom.
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Eight of Western Australia's nine regional centres experienced median house sale price growth in the June 2021 quarter.
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Mining towns from the Pilbara to the Goldfields are in a rent and selling frenzy, with prices rising quickly.
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Port Hedland residents claim they are being pushed out at bottom dollar to turn the historic heart of the town into a buffer zone for wider mining activity.
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Perth’s bustling property market – which has seen reports of homes being snapped up for more than asking price amid long queues outside many home opens – is tip…
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Canny homebuyers could be about to reap the benefits of Perth’s falling house prices, with real estate analysts predicting this year will be an ideal time to bu…
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Legislation passed on Friday (2 June) means first-home buyers in New South Wales will be granted increased stamp duty exemptions and concessions but will it be enough to turn renters into buyers?
While paying off a mortgage is usually more expensive than renting, that balance is shifting as rents soar and a new report reveals 17 suburbs around Australia where it is now cheaper to buy than rent.
Australia's three biggest cities are making progress towards regaining the lost ground their property markets conceded in the wake of the pandemic.
The Gold Coast is awash with short-term rentals, driving long-term rental yields to very high levels and providing temptation for property investors seeking cashflow and other buyers escaping the rent hike cycle.
The property clock is ticking towards noon for many regional property markets listed as being in a capital growth phase but only one state capital was seen as being in a growth period.
Concrete is everywhere yet its use comes at an alarming environmental price, but new production techniques and alternative materials could help cure the cancer that concrete represents for the planet's health.
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