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More young Australians are now combining funds to buy a home jointly, enabling them to make a first step towards ownership when they would otherwise be locked o…
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The Australian home loan market is expected to improve in the coming year.
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The latest report from ANZ suggests the Australian property market will hold steady in 2012.
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House prices might be sluggish, but all signs are pointing to a booming rental market this year, with long queues at inspection times and tight vacancy rates.
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The NSW state government is moving to bypass councils and rezone sites nominated by developers as suitable for tens of thousands of new houses in a radical atte…
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Wayne Swan has vowed to keep the pressure on the nation's biggest banks, despite a new report finding political interference is one of the greatest threats to t…
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The Western Downs Regional Council Mayor says the council and community will now have the final say on affordable housing in the Surat Basin.
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The Australian real estate representative REIA has claimed the RBA should cut rates again in February.
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The bubble deniers have employed other explanations for the largest run-up in prices in Australia’s 131 years of land sales records.
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Selling Houses Australia host Andrew Winter thinks the belief that housing affordability is out of reach of the average person is a bit of a myth.
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The median price of Australian residential property rose marginally in the December quarter.
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The current stamp duty system in Australia is inefficient, according to REIA president Pamela Bennett.
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