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Brisbane No.1 with investors; Perth fading

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24 November 2006: The message has got through to most property investors that the Western Australia boom is over. Only 11% rate Perth the best city to buy a property, according to the latest…

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The future lies with the Ugly Ducklings

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22 November 2006: The hottest sector of the property market in the next 2-3 years will be the Ugly Duckling suburbs – the cheaper areas with the potential to improve and grow.Affordability is…

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Analysts agree: climate good for investors

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20 November 2006: There’s a distinct lack of competition in one key area of the market. In another aspect, competition is high. Both these situations are good news for property investors.The…

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August rate rise signaled end in WA: agents

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It’s not official because it hasn’t yet shown up in the statistics – but agents working in the Western Australia market know that the property boom is over.All the agents and other…

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Is Gippsland Lakes the next boom area?

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Property investors should keep a close watch on events in the Gippsland Lakes area.There are indications major activity will soon explode in this very special part of Australia. Towns such as…

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Defence plan, new freeway, boosts high-yielding Elizabeth

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15 November 2006: Four South Australian defence force bases may be closed and the units relocated to Edinburgh Defence Precinct. The South Australia State Government has revealed the route for its…

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The next hotspot only a mouse-click away

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"Locating the next hotspot could be a simple mouse-click away." So says the national newspaper The Australian about the launch of hotspotting.com.au early in July. Under the headline…

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Investors need to be readers and surfers

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Anyone hoping to achieve the best growth results from real estate needs to be a reader and a surfer. Investors making the biggest gains are those who buy early in areas poised to out-perform the…

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If the media says it's booming, it's already too late

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It’s usually too late for investors by the time the media headlines a boom market. This is the reality for investors who want to buy in areas where values are rising fast. By the time…

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Special study shows how unreliable - and irrelevant - median prices can be

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A study by Brisbane property analysts Matusik Property Insights demonstrates that median price data for homes can be very misleading. Michael Matusik analysed 24 selected suburbs in South…

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Beware opinions from vested interests

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Good market intelligence is a hard thing for property investors to find. There’s no shortage of opinions and information, but it’s hard to know what you can trust. A lot of the material…

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Be wary of mining towns: The boom may not last

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Mt Morgan once ranked among Australia's most prosperous towns. It rated alongside Bendigo and Kalgoorlie as the nation’s most gold-rich locations and also produced silver and…

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Don't put too much faith in median prices

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The property industry is crying out for accurate, reliable, up-to-date data on prices. It's unlikely to get it any time soon. A key purpose of collecting price data is to analyse movements in…

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Be careful with rental guarantees

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More and more apartment developers are offering rental guarantees to lure buyers. Investors should regard them as an alarm bell and proceed with great caution. Sometimes they disguise a weak market…

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The Housing Industry Association has embarked on a national program of misinformation. In doing so, it is set to confirm its reputation as the least credible and most ineffectual of the bodies claimin…

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