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Immigration minister Brendan O'Connor has had to backtrack on his claim on the number of wrongly used 457 visas.
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Funding has been made available for the building of more affordable rental property.
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REIA says that negative gearing is helpful for the rental property sector.
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ANZ Bank has stepped up home loan competition among the major banks, becoming the first in 16 years to cut interest rates by more than the central bank's move.
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Stanley Druckenmiller – the man who famously made $US1 billion for George Soros by masterminding an attack on the British pound in 1992 – says investors should …
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Australia's unemployment rate fell in April as the economy picked up more than 50,000 new jobs.
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REIA says the RBA’s rate cut will improve housing affordability in Australia.
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Victoria’s Budget is set to use the property sector to improve the state’s economy.
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The Sydney property market is ''flying''. Agents and analysts have welcomed the latest interest rate cut, which LJ Hooker described as ''historic''.
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ABS statistics show that Australian property prices rose in the first quarter.
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The Reserve Bank has slashed interest rates by 25 basis points to a historic low of 2.75 per cent, the first reduction this year.
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This column presented a bullish view on property-related stocks earlier this year. The logic was simple: record low interest rates and the prospect of another r…
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