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Perth’s top suburbs defy sluggish property market

Western Australia is one of the worst performing economies in the country, and the Perth property market has suffered as a consequence, but investors are starting to return to the market, where buyers will find reduced competition and reasonable returns.

Queensland (Qld)

Featured Property

Gold Coast contemporary home with views from Moreton Bay to Byron Bay

The "uniquely private getaway" will be sold at Ray White Surfers Paradise's annual auction showcase, The Event, on 29 January through Josh Thomas.

International National New South Wales (NSW)Sydney Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

Demographia report links lack of affordable housing to rise of populism

Oliver Hartwich, executive director of The New Zealand Initiative, has written in this year's Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey that a lack of affordable housing is creating a social divide that is contributing to the rise of populism around the world.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

The Economy

Real estate trends for 2017, D'Leanne Lewis

D'Leanne Lewis of Laing+Simmons Double Bay + Bondi spoke to SCHWARTZWILLIAMS about what buyers will be looking for in 2017.

Ikea's new kitchens made from plastic bottles

Ikea has introduced a new kitchen cabinet range that is made completely from recycled materials.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

Featured Property

South Yarra architect-designed penthouse for sale

A South Yarra penthouse built by Crema Constructions and designed by Rothelowman is for sale through Marcus Chiminello and Nicole French of Marshall White Armadale.

National New South Wales (NSW)

Politics

Housing affordability on governments' agenda

Gladys Berejiklian and Malcolm Turnbull's governments are seeking solutions to the housing affordability problem.

National

The Economy

Chinese New Year tourists combine holidaying with buying property

Investorist's Chinese and Australian offices are preparing for a flood of new enquiries in the lead up to ‘Golden Week’, one of the biggest property buying periods of the year.

International

Trump's childhood home sold - again

The home occupied by US president Donald Trump until he was four years old has been sold for the second time in two months, as a New York investor attempts to cash in on the property's new historic status.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

Sun-drenched family home in Sydney's eastern suburbs for sale

A large, north-east facing Dover Heights home with ocean views is on the market through James Dunn and Jack Greentree of Richardson & Wrench Double Bay.