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Those at the grand end of the market who paid well over the odds in boom cities like Perth for multi-million-dollar mansions last year and are now finding there…
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The number of home loans rose 1.3 per cent in October, to the highest level all year, and economists say it could signal the start of a recovery.
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Brisbane real estate agents are packing up their for-sale signs and leaving the industry in droves, as tough market conditions put paid to the flash cars and go…
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Having steered clear of the property market for most of the year, first home buyers are storming back, Australian mortgage broker AFG says.
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Hobart's residential property bubble has burst, with prices falling more than in any other state capital in Australia.
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Cash rates are 4.25% and falling. What's more, the banks (at least, some of the bigger banks) are putting the reductions through in full. Suddenly the financing…
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Although economists expect a further 75-point fall in interest rates in coming months, most said the 3 December 100-point drop to a seven-year low of 4.25 per c…
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Victoria's property market has taken a turn for the worse, with almost half the homes auctioned on the weekend being passed in.With 420 of the 865 houses on off…
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An Australian academic predicting a collapse in house prices has made a bet with Macquarie Group economist Rory Robertson that commits the loser to walk from Ca…
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The decline in prices for beach house properties in Australia, due to harsh economic conditions forcing sales by owners of multiple properties, may present an o…
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The official cash interest rate, targeted by the central bank in its monetary policy actions, is forecast to fall to its lowest level since early 1960 by Easter…
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Australia's house prices will soften but should not crash because of the world economic crisis, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says.
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