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The lower Australian dollar makes property cheaper for foreign buyers and could increase the bubble prices being paid for apartments in areas of Sydney and Melb…
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New research has cast doubt on claims that foreign investment is pushing up Australian house prices, indicating offshore Chinese purchases totalled just 2 per c…
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After nearly a quarter century of economic growth, the Reserve Bank of Australia is again counting on the currency's drop to keep a recession at bay without the…
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Investors from near and far have shifted Brisbane property prices up a gear, as the number of suburbs gaining double-digit growth in the Queensland capital has …
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The rate house price growth is beginning to slow across Australia’s capital city housing markets, new statistics reveal.
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It is useful to find out as much information as you can about the current state of the economy and where it looks like Perth’s growth is heading in order to mak…
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Overall building approval figures have regained strength following a sharp fall, but housing construction has clearly passed its peak, according to a leading ec…
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The Reserve Bank has kept the official interest rate on hold at 2 per cent, the fourth straight month without a change.
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How long will it be before Australia's property market feels a chill wind as Beijing moves to stop wealthy Chinese funnelling their savings offshore?
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The wait is over: the final four designs for a proposed new Kiwi national flag have been revealed.
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Loans to property investors across Australia kept on rising in July, according to figures released on Monday, despite banks starting to try to discourage landlo…
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Two in five apartments at new Perth complexes are being snapped up by foreign investors, with Asian buyers honing in on “cheap” WA property.
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