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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned that Australians face a decade of rising electricity prices and the risk of blackouts unless a carbon price is introduce…
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Treasurer Wayne Swan has moved to take pressure off mortgage rates by helping Australian banks, credit unions and building societies raise funds more easily and…
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What is in a name? At least $100,000 if you are a resident of Scoresby or Wantirna South.
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Housing and domestically produced tradeables will be the collateral damage making room for the minerals boom.
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Competition for core Australian real estate could toughen. Chinese life insurance companies and new sovereign wealth funds are looking to include property in th…
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Housing in WA has bucked the national trend by becoming more affordable, according to a new report. The Deposit Power report shows that 28 per cent of the avera…
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Finance commitments for property in Australia increased by 2.2 per cent in October, new statistics have shown.
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The Real Estate Institute of Victoria is urging the government to make property in Australia more affordable.
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The cost of Australian property is unlikely to fall rapidly next year, according to a new report.
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An improvement in home lending in October for the fourth consecutive month shows loans have stabilised and are growing again, economists say.
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Australia’s retail and housing industry have welcomed the Reserve Bank Board's decision to hold the cash rate at 4.75 percent leading into the ‘sensitive’ holid…
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The Australian property market would be distorted if the First Home Owners Grant was changed to only apply to new builds, the Real Estate Institute of Australia…
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