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Housing affordability is at record lows, but the tide looks to be turning in the favour of buyers, with houses taking longer to sell and vendors having to be wi…
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Affordable solar energy for every household has moved closer to reality thanks to a ground-breaking discovery at the University of Queensland.
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It's still possible to buy property that is positively geared, even in the current environment. Although it does require a little extra homework. This Herald Su…
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The designer behind the famous sail-shaped Burj Al Arab luxury hotel in Dubai has won an international competition to design Devine's $1 billion French Quarter …
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Brisbane is challenging Sydney as Australia's least affordable city as rising interest rates push housing affordability around the country to its worst level in…
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Statistics from the group showed that British investors bought more than £1.27 billion worth of property in Australia last year, accounting for more than a tent…
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The resources boom has pushed up residential property prices in some mining towns by more than 44 per cent in the past year.
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This in-depth feature looks at some of the assumptions about the Austrlaian property market that may need to be reassessed. From a tightening in the loan market…
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Wespac and St George have agreed on merger terms, paving the way for the combined group to become Australia's biggest bank.
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After a painful period of official and unofficial interest-rate adjustments working against the customer, National Australia Bank has foreshadowed a time when t…
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WA home buyers will save close to $500 million over the next four years after the state treasurer revealed long awaited tax cuts on residential properties in th…
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The Australian dollar is expected to peak above parity in March 2009, Westpac global head of economics Bill Evans said. Westpac expects the Australian dollar to…
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