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Without the required new home building to keep up with underlying requirements, house prices and rents are expected to continue pushing upwards through 2010, according to Housing Industry Association (HIA). The association is forecasting a moderate housing recovery in 2010 with about 152,000 dwelling starts. But that’s still below the 190,000 required to keep pace with …
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Here are the top 100 property related search keyword phrases in January 2010 from Google. It seems that there are more buyers than renters. Investment property is in the top 10 search terms. “property” “buy property” “rent property” “properties” “property for sale” “estate property” “real estate property” “properties for sale” “investment property” “commercial property” “property …
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The medium-to-long-term outlook for property prices remains strong as the population grows, incomes rise and demand for houses outstrips new supply, says an Australian Property Monitors’ report. Despite a sluggish start, 2009 ended with the biggest price growth since 2003 on a rise in activity at the top end of the market, the APM 2009 …
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A research done using Google Insights shows that in 2009 the “investment property” search volume trended up for the first time since 2004. Here is the chart since 2004 and the prejection for 2010 (click on the chart to see the full size image). As you can see that since 2004 the search volume of …