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The biggest real estate news – the week ending 1 September 2024

By Staff Reporter
30 August 2024 | 5 minute read
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Spring buyers are back in force, Melbourne gets ready for residential revamp, and a shadow minister slams Albanese’s housing target.

Welcome to REB’s weekly round-up up headline stories that are important to both the real estate sector and the state of the Australian property market.

To compile this list, we consider the week’s most-read stories and the news that matters to you, collating your need-to-know property report across our site and sister brands. Here are the biggest stories of the week:

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  1. Brokers see pre-approvals surge ahead of spring

With spring just around the corner, buyers have been busy turning to brokers to access finance ahead of the busiest selling season of the year.

  1. Puppy love: How dogs are powering these agencies to success

From brand image to staff wellbeing, our furry friends have a lot to offer the real estate sector.

  1. 10 Melbourne suburbs to see housing boost

High-density development will be welcomed in 10 major urban centres across Melbourne, as part of the Victorian government’s planning revamp.

  1. Government’s 1.2m housing target ‘a joke’, says Bragg

EXCLUSIVE: The shadow housing minister has lampooned the government’s 1.2 million housing target, adding the Liberal Party will release new housing supply policies before the next election.

  1. FOMO-motivated buyers may be feeling the most pain

Historic data from CoreLogic has shown that timing is everything when it comes to property purchases.

  1. WA makes move to help finish stalled residential construction

The Western Australian government has announced a second round of funding to help builders complete unfinished properties.

  1. 10 suburbs with strong capital growth and high rental yields

These top-performing areas have all recorded price rises of above 20 per cent and significant rental yields, according to an industry report.

  1. WA builder left client $132k out of pocket

The builder had failed to take out mandatory insurance, leaving his client in the lurch when he went bankrupt.

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