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A March interest rate cut is increasingly likely after the unemployment rate jumped up to a 12 year high.
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The value of investment housing loans has skyrocketed in the past 12 months, jumping almost 20 per cent by the end of December, and economists are warning it wi…
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The chase for higher yielding bricks and mortar assets and improved economic conditions has seen fewer mortgagee property sales being made in the non-mining rel…
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Economists are talking of a Sydney housing bubble as mortgage rates fall to all-time lows.
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Hammers ran hot on the first big auction weekend of the year, with Sydney leading the sales charge.
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Strong sales in the upper end of the market - the western suburbs, Stirling and Melville - helped lift Perth's median house price to $553,000 in the December qu…
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This week's interest rate cut has "added fuel to what is already a raging fire", the Domain Group senior economist said, leading to an incredible 82.4 per cent …
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One would-be politician has announced a plan to take power away from landlords and place it in the hands of renters.
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The Reserve Bank has very slightly lowered its growth and inflation forecasts, and raised its unemployment predictions, explaining its decision to cut rates thi…
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The housing industry will be boosted by the Reserve Bank's rate cut but economists warn there are significant risks of another investor-driven boom in home pric…
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The first observation to make about the Reserve Bank's break from its year-long "period of stability" is that the central bank's cash rate cut from 2.5 per cent…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has dropped interest rates by 0.25 per cent to 2.25 per cent, a record low. Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/02…
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