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Many affordable rentals are failing to meet minimum standards, with an undercover operation discovering multiple maintenance issues.
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Home values rose 0.4 per cent in January and rents increased 0.8 per cent but the housing market remained varied around the country.
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Despite a perceived shortage of homes for sale, the Perth property market performed well in 2023, with 53,895 settled sales over houses, units and land.
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Asking rents have risen at least twice as fast as wages in most capital cities since the pandemic hit, putting pressure on tenants facing a cost of living crisi…
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Data released on Monday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that the number of first-home buyers rose by 20.3% in the year to November.
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November figures will give RBA some comfort that its interest rate hikes are working.
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A seemingly endless queue of people waited to inspect a one-bedroom apartment.
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East coast investors with no intention of moving to Western Australia continue to fuel Perth's property boom.
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Price trends are unlikely to be straightforward in 2024, even if the RBA’s next move is a rate reduction.
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New data from property researchers DSR has revealed which suburbs are driving up property prices in Australia's most expensive cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
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Of the more than one million empty properties in Australia, a home where the owners have been "out for lunch" for two years represents a hotly-debated facet of …
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Limited liability corporations allow landlords to conceal their identities, which can pose a big problem for tenants.
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