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Matthew Bell is the Senior Economist at Australian Property Monitors.

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What makes a property hot spot? We're regularly asked at APM to pick hot suburbs for a range of different reasons. It might be that we're asked to pick those metropolitan suburbs that look most attractive for property investors, or those suburbs that provide the best value for families needing to move out of their 2 bedroom inner city unit to a few more bedrooms in the suburbs.

While each different request requires it's own considerations, there are some criteria and analysis that regularly feed into picking these areas.

Tree Change properties, often considered the poor cousin to Sea Change properties, may be given an unexpected boost, with a recent Parliamentary report highlighting potential issues associated with properties located close to the water due to global warming. The report, released this week by the House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts and titled ‘Managing our coastal zone in a changing climate' suggests that a one centimetre rise in sea levels could lead to at least one metre of erosion on the shoreline, making coastal properties vulnerable to flooding, erosion, high tides and surging storms.

1.Tell us a bit about your work role.
I am a licensed real estate agent and operate from the Cairns Property Office at Redlynch Central Shopping Centre. I work in a Residential Sales capacity, and consider myself also as a marketing consultant. Although I sell property in all suburbs of Cairns, my main areas are Redlynch, Brinsmead, Freshwater, Stratford, Kamerunga, Caravonica & Smithfield. I have the opportunity to appraise many properties in these locations and familiarise myself with the community. My goal is always to be in a position to help families move onto another journey of their lives, by way of sales and purchasers in real estate.