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The reserve bank has continued to hold interest rates at a record low of 0.1% as house prices across Australia keep rising.
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Despite Australia experiencing its strongest property boom in decades, real estate agencies are duking it out to secure the limited number of listings on offer.…
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Australia’s housing boom continued apace in May as buyers buoyed by the economic recovery rushed to take advantage of record-low interest rates.
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The clock is ticking on COVID-19’s emergency policy settings, as a raft of central bankers discuss the prospect of a world of higher interest rates.
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Life is slowly starting to become “Covid Normal” and one of these signs is that this year’s Australian Federal Budget has returned to its usual delivery date in…
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Essential workers are being pushed to the edge of the city fringes due to a lack of affordable housing, a new report has found.
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New apartment settlements are on track to fall to 20,000 next year, a seven-year low, unless investors return and boost the sluggish pace of development.
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The Real Estate Institute of WA has forecast 15 per cent growth for Perth property this year but some local suburbs are on track to exceed that.
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As prices boom at a double-digit pace across Australia's regions, a property buyer has warned first-time investors.
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Residential property markets in major economies will soar this year on huge fiscal support and amid a recovery from the pandemic, according to Reuters polls.
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When residential properties are selling for up to $100,000 more than their listing price, in what is typically a steady property market, you know something is u…
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Stronger wage growth coupled with lower interest rates has given Western Australia the economic capacity to achieve substantial rises in property values.
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