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Beset by lending curbs and bubble-esque prices, first-time home buyers in Australia are turning to a rapidly-growing source of finance: The Bank of Mum and Dad.…
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Whether measured in dollar value or in the number of loans written, home loan lending in Australia fell modestly in August. Except for housing investors, that i…
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After a rough few years, there are signs that the Mackay market is stabilising but it might not be at the bottom just yet.
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Treasurer Scott Morrison said debate on Australia's housing market is prone to exaggeration - even as Sydney property prices rise anew - and indicated he doesn'…
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Melbourne buyers remain frustrated at properties selling well above reserve prices, despite heavy fines for a rogue agency being handed down this week.
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It's Golden Week in China, a week-long holiday where 600 million people flee overcrowded cities on vacation, including six million headed overseas.
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Australian policymakers say efforts to rein in the runaway housing market are working but on the ground there's a fresh bidding frenzy.
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If you were expecting an incisive well researched and coordinated interrogation exposing the inner workings, deficiencies and performance of the banking industr…
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Generally the old adage that property values double every ten years has been busted, but new analysis reveals it still holds true in some suburbs - in fact more…
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Western Australia and Queensland have the highest proportion of homeowners with mortgage debt that is equal to or larger than the value of their property, a sur…
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