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Many WA property investors were suffering low capital growth and discouraging rental yields locally, and looking elsewhere for investment opportunities. Mr Kus…
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Residential sales in the capital cities slumped 24 per cent in the first three months of the year as interest rates climbed and consumer sentiment collapsed.The…
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Recent predictions that values in some areas could slump by as much as 20 per cent in the next few years - thanks to higher interest rates and record low afford…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia continues to be wary of high inflation, but its acknowledgment that the economy is slowing has dampened expectations of further in…
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Home-loan approvals fell to an eight-year low in May as decade-high interest rates, rising inflation and a bearish outlook for business turned people away from …
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The cost of building an average new home has jumped by at least $2000 because of a spike in global steel prices in the past six months, a building industry body…
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The ANZ Bank says the growing housing shortage is setting Australia up for the "mother of all" housing booms.New home building figures showing slumping building…
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The housing shortage could be set to worsen, with building approvals falling more than expected in May. Figures out today from the Australian Bureau of Stati…
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The new financial year started well with the Reserve Bank of Australia deciding to keep interest rates unchanged for the fourth consecutive month.
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Australians now enjoy even more favourable tax rates than before as the reductions promised by both political parties and annouced in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd'…
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Melbourne's worsening rental crisis is creating the most favourable conditions in years for residential property investors prepared to buy into the city's few e…
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Sellers want up to 30 percent more for their homes than buyers will pay and the stand-off has caused falling volumes in southeast Queensland. A stagnant market,…
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