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The property market in the Gold Coast is tied up by too much red tape, the HIA has claimed.
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Master Builders Australia has warned that a bill to abolish the ABCC could be damaging to the industry.
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Although Western Australia is leading the country in economic growth, a report shows housing finance and new home building have gone backwards.
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The only housing market that was more expensive than Australia, relative to income, is Hong Kong.
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A year ago, when Sydney property agent Peter Green's clients decided to sell, half opted for auctions, betting competition among buyers would deliver them the b…
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Chinese buyers have leap-frogged the Japanese as the biggest foreign property investors in Queensland, trebling spending during the global financial crisis.
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The advocacy group Shelter SA says regional areas are worse off than Adelaide as demand grows for housing.
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The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show the number of first-home buyers has increased.
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The dollar's remarkable resilience to headwinds from Europe looks set to continue as Australia stands tall in a shrinking pool of top-rated countries, but a fir…
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Julia Gillard has signalled the government will rely heavily on the Reserve Bank to insulate Australia against the global downturn, saying it has room to lower …
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Home building may be on a downward trajectory, but a rise in land sales could portend better days ahead for the sector.
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Affordability is the key this year as Sydney buyers shift attention to older, more affordable units in prime lifestyle locations along Sydney’s inner coastal ar…
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