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As Aussies battle rising interest rates and a rental shortage, one town has just auctioned off 11 properties for extraordinary low prices.
AFFORDABILITY
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It should be a buyer’s market, so why are property buyers holding back?
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New data shows Australians aren't earning enough to buy a home without mortgage stress.
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Just 0.1% of Sydney homes and 2.2% of Melbourne homes are within budget for households earning the median gross household income of $90,792.
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Unable to secure a rental in Perth’s overheated housing market, Chloe has been living in a van with her daughter, dog and two cats since October last year.
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A review commissioned by the treasurer and due to report to him by the end of March might recommend changes at the RBA.
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Affordability, appetite and low availability would drive the relative resilience of WA’s property market over the next year, according to REIWA CEO Cath Hart.
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House prices may be falling but bargains are few and far between, even in outer-suburban Melton where Laurel Maddalon bought her first home.
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Affordable outer suburbs are proving more resilient than pricier inner neighbourhoods amid the property market downturn, new figures show.
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Legislation passed on Friday (2 June) means first-home buyers in New South Wales will be granted increased stamp duty exemptions and concessions but will it be enough to turn renters into buyers?
While paying off a mortgage is usually more expensive than renting, that balance is shifting as rents soar and a new report reveals 17 suburbs around Australia where it is now cheaper to buy than rent.
Australia's three biggest cities are making progress towards regaining the lost ground their property markets conceded in the wake of the pandemic.
The Gold Coast is awash with short-term rentals, driving long-term rental yields to very high levels and providing temptation for property investors seeking cashflow and other buyers escaping the rent hike cycle.
The property clock is ticking towards noon for many regional property markets listed as being in a capital growth phase but only one state capital was seen as being in a growth period.
Concrete is everywhere yet its use comes at an alarming environmental price, but new production techniques and alternative materials could help cure the cancer that concrete represents for the planet's health.
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