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The stubbornly high Australian dollar is weighing on the economy and the central bank should consider cutting the interest rate this year, some investors are sa…
NEWS & INSIGHT
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The property market didn’t cool down during winter with new figures revealing the best seasonal price growth in seven years.
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The Perth housing market rebounded in August as the nation’s capital cities enjoyed their strongest winter since 2007.
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Some people liken houses to bananas. When the supply of bananas drops, prices rise. The Property Council of Australia has called this “banana-nomics”.
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Financial System Inquiry chairman David Murray says Australia's financial risks are concentrated in real estate.
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Is it time to lock in some or all of your loans into fixed rates?
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The housing market has suffered a setback to the start of the financial year after enjoying a strong recovery in 2013-14.
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Lindsay David may sound crazy comparing Australia's banks to Lehman Brothers and Bernie Madoff. But in his mind, it's everyone else who is living in a "Disneyl…
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Construction figures today summed up the economy’s “rebalancing” pretty well, with activity fading in the sector dominated by mining, and picking up elsewhere, …
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The Foveaux, to be built on the former Legion Cabs taxi rank in Foveaux St, will officially go on sale on September 6 but already 3150 buyers are registered.
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Spring is around the corner and so are the seasonal cliches about the blooming property market - but is spring really the best time to buy and sell property?
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When Ande Bunbury’s house was valued in the middle of last year, an estate agent said the single-fronted brick house in Melbourne’s Clifton Hill was worth betwe…
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