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School holidays put a slight dampener on the improving property market over the weekend. An auction clearance rate of 65 per cent was recorded from 443 results …
NEWS & INSIGHT
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Australia's building sector has suffered a sharp deterioration in activity in March, hampered by project delays, fewer projects and tight credit conditions.
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The housing industry wants the Tasmanian Government to expand its construction stimulus package after the state recorded its worst building approvals figures in…
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Low interest rates and cheap house prices are creating a buyers' market for South Australian first-home purchasers, property experts say.
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Building approvals rose strongly in February, although economists caution against reading too much into a single month's result.
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Research shows that real estate investors from the Asia Pacific region are increasingly looking to Australia.
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If people do feel driven away from investing in superannuation and into negative gearing in property, what are the risks of that?
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Median house prices are up to 20 per cent below peak which will be the key reason why more confident consumers are bidding strongly at auction, say REIV.
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The Wentwoth Point development in Sydney has been completed and sold early.
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The trade deficit has shrunk to its lowest level in more than a year for February, as exporters received higher prices for their commodities and imports decline…
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Over 2,600 people have now joined SMATS Group's online petition against the changes proposed to remove the 50% Capital Gains Tax discount for foreign investors …
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Hobart is leading the nation for increases to capital-city house prices.
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