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The past few years have shown that property is not immune to falling values, but the medium-term growth potential of a well-located and well-priced property rem…
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First home-buyers captivated by the lure of $21,000 in new government grants have stormed builders and real estate agents in search of bargains.
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Australia's largest building association says measures announced by the Federal Government to boost the economy will support the housing market and increase act…
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High-rise apartment blocks could be built on the coastal strip between South Fremantle and Port Coogee as part of a plan to transform more than 300ha into a vib…
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The cheap renovator's dream is not for Generation Y - it's the upmarket property that their hearts are set on, according to a new survey. And they're prepared t…
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Russian investors around the world are becoming intrigued by prestige waterfront property on Queensland's Gold Coast by one of Australia's leading property deve…
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Panic on Wall Street and world sharemarkets has quickly spilled into property, spooking buyers and sellers, pushing Melbourne's weekend auction clearance rate d…
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This in-depth analysis of Australia's position in the current financial crisis concludes that for Australia, this is nothing like the late-1980s bust. Australia…
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In the biggest single rate cut in 16 years, the Reserve Bank of Australia slashed the official rate by a whole 1% surprising the market in an attempt to restore…
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Australia has experienced its biggest annual exodus on record with 76,923 people leaving the country permanently in 2007-08, a new report shows.
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The battle to keep Australia from recession has begun with the Reserve Bank's shock 100 basis point cut to official interest rates. It's a controlled panic from…
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The RBA board today voted to reduce the rate to 6 per cent from 7 per cent, taking it back to where it was in November 2006. It was the first 100 basis point…
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Hidden away in the back of the Australian Budget and unmentioned in the Treasurers speech, was a simple statement confirming that:
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