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Hot Property: The biggest property headlines from week 10–14 April

by Adrian Suljanovic11 minute read

The weekly round-up of the biggest news stories from across Momentum Media’s property brands from the week ending 14 April.

Welcome to The Adviser’s weekly round-up of headline stories and news that are important not only for the mortgages sector but also for the state of property in Australia more broadly.

To compile this list, not only do we consider the week’s most-read stories and the news that matter to you, but we curate it to include stories from our sister brands that also have an impact on the Australian property landscape.

Here are the biggest property stories of the week:


50% of fixed-rate loans to expire in September, Aussie warns

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Aussie Home Loans has revealed that one in five mortgage holders will have their fixed-rate home loan end in the next three months.
 

Home values lift to $9.4tn

Australia’s residential real estate value rose to $9.4 trillion in March, according to CoreLogic. 

Rate pause was ‘always on the cards’: RBA

Instability in the global banking system did not reroute the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy path, according to the deputy governor


Majors tweak terminal rate forecasts

Following the Reserve Bank’s decision to hold the official cash rate, the major banks have offered updates to their terminal cash rate forecasts.


$1.3bn rental tax gap puts 1.7m landlords in ATO’s sights

As part of a regular review of returns related to rental property landlords, the ATO will collect residential investment property loan data (RIPL) on 1.7 million individuals.


Megabrand moves into NZ market

One of Australia’s biggest real estate brands is hopping over the Tasman Sea to launch in New Zealand.

Brisbane price growth has officially turned around

There is a lot to get excited about for Brisbane’s future! 


The cost of being unlicensed and irresponsible: PM cops $23k penalty

A Western Australian property manager has found himself on the wrong side of the law. 


Scathing review of REIV puts spotlight on PM wellbeing

A former member says the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) is on the path to become an “ineffective outsider” and alienate property managers across the state if its current trajectory of inaction remains.


[RELATED: Hot Property: The biggest property headlines from week 27-31 March]

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Adrian Suljanovic

AUTHOR

Adrian Suljanovic is a journalist on Momentum Media's mortgages titles: The Adviser and Mortgage Business.

Adrian has written for a range of titles under the Momentum Media umbrella such as IFA, Investor Daily and Lawyer’s Weekly before joining the mortgages team in 2022.

He graduated from the University of Wollongong in 2021 gaining a Bachelor of Communication & Media with a major in Digital & Social Media.

E-mail Adrian at: [email protected]

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