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There are growing signs of slowness in the jobs market, with the national unemployment rate in May holding steady only because of a surge in part-time election …
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This could be time for property to shine after underperforming shares for more than a year. Is this the time to rotate out of equities and into residential prop…
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Tougher lending standards imposed by the big banks since the banking royal commission have opened the door for non-bank lenders to grab a bigger slice of the ma…
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First-home buyers in NSW have taken advantage of more than $1 billion worth of discounts and grants since 2017, new figures reveal.
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The top locations with the best prospects of a price upswing over the next three years were suburbs in Canberra, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Hobart, where investor…
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What comes after zero? It’s a question that observers of official interest rates may start asking if Australia’s sputtering economy continues to wheeze in 2020.…
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Homeowners are holding off selling their properties, with fewer new listings than at any time in the past 12 years. But there are signs that things are slowly t…
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It used be considered a vital step in coming together as a couple but urban Aussies are increasingly purchasing properties on their own rather than splitting th…
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When ANZ and Westpac refused demands to pass on the entirety of the Reserve Bank’s rate cut, a furious Treasurer Josh Frydenberg implored their customers to fin…
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Perth has one of the most affordable housing markets of any capital city in Australia, with an average Perth resident needing only about seven years to save a 2…
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Following 20 months of consecutive declines, including another 0.4% fall in May, according to CoreLogic data, prices have now fallen a cumulative 8.2%, surpassi…
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The property market might be bottoming out, according to the latest commentary. And that's not just that from the bricks-and-mortar-is-the-best brigade.
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Australian property prices look to be on a rocketing path, with first home buyers, low-interest rates and FOMO (fear of missing out) fueling the demand for the start of 2021.
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