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Consumer confidence rebounded last week largely due to continued strength in the housing market and optimism about the upcoming federal budget.
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Rain, hail and centennial commemorations of the Gallipoli landings did not stop hundreds of Asian property investors from attending the Australian Property Expo…
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Densely populated neighbourhoods near the CBD are at the epicentre of Sydney's housing boom with one in five of all new homes in the metropolitan area being bui…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia defied market pricing and some economists' forecasts when it opted to sit tight on interest rates at its April policy meeting.
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Buying that second or third investment property to help fund retirement may be less attractive in future with Labor opening the door to a policy of tightening u…
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Sydney's overheated property market continued to weigh on the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to hold interest rates steady at the April policy meeting, ac…
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The peak WA real estate body wants the first-homebuyers grant to be returned to a flat rate, claiming the two-tier system has skewed and slowed the broader mark…
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Falling petrol prices are expected to have kept inflation at record lows at the start of the year, increasing the chance of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut.
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The Property Council wants stamp duty on property purchases abolished, but warns against using the Australian Capital Territory's reform model, which has led to…
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The West Australian government has welcomed a move by Qantas to reinstate international flights to Perth with a service to Singapore using Boeing 737s.
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Economists have hit out at fresh calls to wind back negative gearing concessions in a bid to raise more tax revenue and increase housing affordability.
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The National Australia Bank's chief markets economist Ivan Colhoun said the Reserve Bank faces its toughest environment in decades.
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