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Economy
Hotel sector rebounds with 5,700 hotel rooms under construction
A return of international tourists and stay-at-home holidaymakers is driving demand for new hotel rooms.
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Economy
Autumn property market marching forward as the rate cut lifts listings
Property market expected to continue its strong start to 2025 as rate cut spurs confidence.
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Regulation
Dodgy builder ‘nightmares’ spark protections shake-up
Victims of dodgy builders have been promised easier access to a state-operated insurance scheme to fix shoddy work under a consumer law shake-up.
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Economy
Strong start to autumn with biggest auction week of 2025
Economists highlight positive numbers as the property market moves into March and the peak of the autumn selling season.
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Economy
RBA: Global uncertainty played a role in rate cut
Slowing inflation helped convince the Reserve Bank to cut rates at its last meeting but uncertainty over tariffs was also a factor, the deputy governor says.
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Property
Persistent pay gap widens gender gulf in property and assets
The gender pay gap is leaving women with fewer properties and shares than men, says a survey indicating more than four in ten women have no such assets at all.
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Economy
Inflation rate holds steady, defying expectations
Headline inflation rate has held steady at 2.5 per cent in January, with the all-important underlying measure edging 0.1 percentage point higher.
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Property
Victoria to become townhouse capital of Australia
Jacinta Allan is pushing forward plans to turn the state into a townhouse capital, with reforms blocking neighbours from appealing against three storey developments.
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Economy
Property slowdown set for a rebound, experts predict
Buyer sentiment is boosting auction numbers on the back of the first rate cut since 2020.
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Property
Australians’ home buyer regret will worry conveyancers
New survey will horrify conveyancers and property lawyers after it was found 32 per cent of Australians felt they did not do enough checks to find faults.
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Technology
Tasmanian government’s $2 million boost for eConveyancing
Another state gets access to eConveyancing after $2 million spent on switch to paperless transactions.
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Economy
Hazy outlook fuels Reserve Bank caution on disinflation
Caution urged over future cash rate changes as uncertainty looms large over global policy, the impacts of rate decisions and the labour market.
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Economy
Reserve Bank rate cut boosts auctions
Close to three-quarters of the 2,820 homes that went under the hammer at auction were snapped up in the best set of results since last July.
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Practice
Australian Conveyancer’s 25 amazing female practitioners
Here are the names of 25 amazing female practitioners being recognised for International Women’s Day
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Property
Regional house prices rise as capital city values fall
Australia’s historically affordable regional housing markets have continued to demonstrate resilience, compared to a price decline in capital cities.
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Property
NSW fast-tracks 6,400 homes – but red tape still a concern
New NSW government authority fast-tracks thousands of homes at its first meeting – but Property Council and Urban Taskforce Australia voice concern about ongoing delays.
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General
The List is THE Go-To Directory for Conveyancers
Introducing The List: Your New Go-To Directory for Conveyancers.
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Economy
Interest rate cut may trigger early election
While an election isn’t due to be held until May 17 at the latest, the interest rate cut could see voters heading to the polls sooner rather than later.
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Regulation
New competition inquiry into eConveyancing
Senate inquiry announced amid growing calls for reform in eConveyancing – as single provider PEXA hit by multiple outages over the past two months.
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Economy
Economists less confident of RBA rate cut than market
Survey of 32 leading Australian economists has tipped the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates this week, but more than one in five remain unconvinced.
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Regulation
Conveyancers unimpressed by foreign investors plan
The government’s move to ban foreign investors for two years has been labelled a distraction and will make little difference to the housing crisis, given that there were just 5360 residential real estate purchases in 2022/23.