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23 Jul Warning for strata schemes – Grant Mifsud

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A body corporate committee was found to have “failed to act reasonably” in refusing an apartment owner’s request to install a key safe to enable their Airbnb guests to access the unit because of fears it would “open the floodgates” for similar requests. We cover...

22 Jul VIDEO – Highest result in over a year

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There were 901 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities this week returning a preliminary clearance rate of 70.6 per cent. Melbourne was host to 416 auctions this week, returning a preliminary clearance rate of 70 per cent and Sydney recorded a preliminary clearance...

22 Jul Love thy neighbour – Chris Doucouliagos

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Immigration does increase house prices, but that effect is reduced if a population views new migrants negatively. We speak to the author of a study on this by Deakin University. Chris Doucouliagos tells us about how attitude to immigration will affect house prices....

21 Jul Sydney rents slow down – Cameron Kusher

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The CoreLogic quarterly rent review shows national weekly rents increased by 0.3% over the second quarter of 2019; slower than the 1.0% increase in the previous quarter and level with rental growth over the June 2018 quarter. Cameron Kusher looks at what’s ahead for rents....

20 Jul Rents rising + Love thy neighbour + Property ‘smoke signals’

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Highlights from this week: Sydney rents slow down – Cameron Kusher Love thy neighbour – Chris Doucouliagos Warning for strata schemes – Grant Mifsud 5 effects of falling interest rates – Shannon Davis Reading the property ‘smoke signals’ – Veronica Morgan ...

19 Jul VIDEO – Sydney and Melbourne clear over 70%

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Clearance up Volumes down 5th record breaking week Last week The combined capital city final auction clearance rate remained above 60 per cent for the 5th consecutive week last week, coming in at 65.4 per cent which once again surpassed the previous week as the highest...

19 Jul Going green pays + First rooftop farm in AU + Brisbane declared ‘lucky city’ and more!

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This week’s guest on Property News Update is Veronica Morgan! She joins Kevin Turner to discuss interesting stories from the property industry like: Going green pays. Not only can adding solar panels reduce a home’s energy costs, it can also potentially increase a home’s value....

18 Jul What’s happening in Canberra? – Simon Chester

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Canberra – Australasia’s national capital is an unusual market. Unusual in that it appears to be impacted more heavily than any other market in the country around elections. With the federal election out of the way – what is happening in Canberra? Simon Chester from...

17 Jul High-rise faults were predictable – Patrick Bright

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The problems with some highrise buildings like the Mascot experience recently and the awful events at Opal Tower remind us how risky it can be when buying new and off the plan. Patrick Bright says is was predictable and he tells us why....