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Australian Property Investor

Perth’s inner suburbs have predictably been revealed as the most desirable locations for apartment buyers, with a new survey also uncovering the locations where people would most like to build a new home or buy an established house.

The latest edition of the Urbis/Urban Development Institute of Australia Home Purchaser Sentiment Survey showed near-city suburbs such as East Perth, Perth, South Perth and Applecross led the top 10 suburbs for people interested in living in apartments.

Urbis director of economics David Cresp said the apartments list largely correlated with high amenity suburbs that were also popular with developers.

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