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The problem for the RBA is that external factors tend to exert more influence on the Australian dollar than internal.
NEWS & INSIGHT
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For the first time in many years leading apartment developers have become very nervous about a pending fall in the values of Sydney and Melbourne apartments plu…
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The Reserve Bank has cut official interest rates by 25 basis points to a fresh record low of 2 per cent, a move which Treasurer Joe Hockey says should stimulate…
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Residential property values across Australia’s capital cities increased by 0.8% in April, down from the 1.4% increase recorded in March, the latest index data s…
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Foreign investors who have purchased property illegally in Australia will have until the end of November to come forward to avoid criminal charges and severe fi…
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More than one of five of WA’s foreign property investors are buying with an eye to redevelopment — the highest percentage in the country.
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As the debate rages over whether negative gearing — a tax efficient borrowing arrangement used by more than 1 million people — should be scrapped, the issue for…
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Property prices rose in April, with Hobart and Adelaide outpacing increases in the bigger capital cities.
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Fifty-five of Australia's highest earners paid no income tax at all during 2012-13, not even the Medicare levy.
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Affordable inner-city property still exists in Brisbane and even Melbourne, but is fast becoming impossible to find in Sydney.
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Former Billabong director Scott Perrin has put his multimillion-dollar Gold Coast beach house - Tidemark - on the market in a move that looks set to shatter sal…
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The well-paid residents of Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove are in danger of losing their mantle as living in WA's richest postcode.
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