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Investors will be piling into the Adelaide market – just as soon as they read somewhere that there’s a boom in the South Australia capital.
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Orange and some of its surrounding towns and villages have bucked an almost region-wide trend which has seen property values recording negative growth on the ba…
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Roy Morgan research in late 2018 showed a rise in the number of Australian borrowers with little or no equity in their homes, at 386,000 households up from 345,…
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As has often been seen in the past when the RBA has cut rates, that doesn’t necessarily guarantee that variable mortgage rates will fall by the same amount.
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How will the new capital gains tax changes happening in June 2019 affect property owners financially?
Since the May 2017 Australian Federal Budget, Australian Expats have been living under a cloud of fear that they may become taxable on their former Australian r…
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Australia's dollar had a tough year in 2018 and is still a popular currency to bet against, but JPMorgan Asset Management sees potential for the beaten-down Aus…
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The Reserve Bank is maintaining it is the supply of and demand for housing that has accounted for most of the recent large swings in home prices, rather than th…
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One of the nation's richest suburbs bore the brunt of a Perth housing downturn, while prices in inner western suburbs frequently rose.
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Housing markets are cyclical, and while the nation’s two biggest cities have come off the boil, other parts of the country are heating up.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has held official interest rates at 1.5 per cent for the 27th consecutive meeting despite continuing signs the economy is st…
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The downturn has made homes more affordable for first-time buyers - usually younger people who feared they would never get on the property ladder as prices surg…
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A property investor who thinks and acts like a stockbroker is seeing the green light to buy.
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Hidden away in the back of the Australian Budget and unmentioned in the Treasurers speech, was a simple statement confirming that:
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Australian property prices look to be on a rocketing path, with first home buyers, low-interest rates and FOMO (fear of missing out) fueling the demand for the start of 2021.
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