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Soaring demand for affordable residential real estate is prompting buyers to pay tens of thousands of dollars more than the advertised price on websites and has…
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The central bank has kept the official cash rate on hold for the fifth consecutive month at 3 per cent, a 49-year low. The decision met the expectation of the f…
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Australian house prices may be on the rebound with the latest house price index rising 4.2 per cent in the June quarter.
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Real estate group Ray White says prestige property sales have rebounded after falling during the economic downturn.
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Hobart house prices have defied the economic gloom with increases of more than double the national rate.
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Perth was the only state capital to record a house price fall in the June quarter, and prices for the year fell more than anywhere else except Brisbane.
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Sydney house prices posted their first quarter of growth in the three months to June since the global financial crisis struck in late 2007, figures show.
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My family live in Australia while I work overseas, does this mean that I will be taxed in Australia?
In the 2009 Australian Federal Budget, the Rudd Government announced that it would change the rules to tax Australians working abroad if they are residents for …
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Residents in some parts of Australia's fastest-growing region will have to get used to living in more crowded quarters under a plan to limit urban sprawl.
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While a bubble in the first home owner segment of the housing market is set to burst with the winding back of government grants in two months, industry experts …
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With conditions in Australia’s real estate market improving, so too have auction clearance rates. On average, 70 percent of auctions over the last month have re…
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The cost of land in Australia has increased by almost 10 percent, a study has found. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) residential land report shows the we…
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