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New Zealand has banned most foreigners from buying homes as it tries to tackle runaway housing prices.
NEWS & INSIGHT
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Wage growth has continued to muddle along near record lows despite a solid expansion in the number of jobs over the past two years.
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New Zealand's Parliament has passed a law to ban many non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes, completing the Labour-led Government's election campai…
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Sydney has risen in the liveability rankings, breaking into the top five in the global list.
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Brisbane is leading the nation in all four property performance indicators for the first time in more than a decade — defying the downturn gripping the other ma…
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Not only are the days getting warmer and longer, but the north shore property market is really starting to heat up.
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New data has found that Sydney is one of the world’s most overvalued cities for real estate.
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"As the labour market tightens, wages growth and inflation should increase gradually." It's the Reserve Bank mantra that underpins Australia's economic policy s…
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Generation Z is the new force in consumerism, and this cohort - scarred by the financial crisis and raised clutching a smartphone - has now eclipsed its predece…
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Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn says falling house prices in Sydney and Melbourne are clearly good for financial stability, and so is the slowdown …
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Home loan approvals in Australia fell in June for both owner occupiers and housing investors, according to data released by the ABS this morning. The result mis…
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Investors may have retreated but those buying homes to live in remain active in the market, especially first home buyers.
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