Apartment rush in Melbourne's middle ring
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Rapid sales at an apartment tower in Melbourne's south-east is part of a shift toward more density in the middle ring.
Rapid sales at an apartment tower in Melbourne's south-east is part of a shift toward more density in the middle ring.
An increasingly unaffordable Sydney has forced more people to live in shared accommodation over the past five years.
Canberra is trying to boost its population sustainably and its winning architecture helps do that.
NAB is warning about growing uncertainty, lower demand and a halving of house price growth in the nation's major capitals.
The figures show the Sydney market is easing and Melbourne holding up after five years of sustained growth.
Weak long weekend performance adds to other data suggesting a slowdown.
They may be cheap, but cutting stamp duty means prices will rise without a lift to supply at the same time.
The figures poured cold water on the notion of a slowdown in the property markets which Treasurer Scott Morrison cited earlier this week.
Treasurer says any move to cut tax breaks on property investment would crash a market that is already slowing.
Sydney and Melbourne's sizzling housing markets stepped up the pressure on buyers last week as both cities recorded auction clearance rates ...
Auction activity is running hot in Australia's east-coast markets and investors remain keen to snap up properties.
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