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The Reserve Bank has held the official interest rate at the record low of 1.5 per cent for the 19th consecutive month.
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Building more housing was supposed to be the great big fix for our overheated property market but it’s not been as effective as expected.
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Manly has hit the national spotlight again with the release of a major property report showing it is the number one suburb in Australia for overseas people look…
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Higher Tasmanian yields are an the attraction for mainland buyers.
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Summer may be over but that doesn’t mean demand for properties by the beach has slowed.
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Commonwealth Bank is cutting fixed interest rates on loans for property investors, as the bank chases faster growth, and competition for landlord borrowers pick…
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Australian housing values have slipped for the fifth straight month, as the crackdown on interest-only lending continues to dampen housing demand.
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Perth house values are continuing to stabilise but there are growing signs that the nation’s biggest property markets are going backwards.
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In its first Housing Pulse research note for the year, Westpac said breaking down mortgage arrears data nationally points to "benign conditions" unlikely to spa…
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The Australian has been weighed down by speculation that the US Federal Reserve may lift interest rates not three times this year but four.
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Australians are looking for quality of life with a house, a job and connectivity to their community - whether that be through school, through sport - in a reaso…
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A record number of new apartments is set to hit the market this year, but any oversupply in the coming months is unlikely to trigger a crash in house prices, Ba…
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