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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has, in a move universally expected, kept the official cash rate unchanged.
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The largest one-month jump in house values in 17 years could force the Reserve Bank to reassess record-low interest rates.
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It was once seen as the affordable alternative to Sydney and Melbourne’s crazy property market. But that’s coming to an end.
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Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn says the drop in interest rates to record lows is fuelling home buyers’ confidence.
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The Reserve Bank board has held official interest rates at a record low, while revealing plans to create another $100 billion to buy government debt.
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A digital bank has gone live with its lowest ever advtertised rate – and the lowest fixed rate available in Australia, as of 25 January 2020.
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The rate of inflation is expected to have remained extremely benign during the final three months of 2020, suggesting the Reserve Bank will have no need to adju…
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The Reserve Bank has rejected suggestions it should be keeping the heat out of the housing market.
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Uncertainty among buyers has largely dissipated with the latest Finder survey showing that one in five Australians are eager to buy property in the next 12 mont…
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More Australians think now is the right time to buy a new home than at any point since November 2013.
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The Reserve Bank has slashed its official cash rate to a new historic low of 0.1% as it desperately tries to prop up the economy.
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Record low interest and rental vacancy rates has created good conditions for property investors returning to the market in Geelong.
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