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Rising water levels are already causing widespread devastation across the country so preparation around the home is essential.
NEWS & INSIGHT
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AMP has teamed up with Australian fractional property ownership platform Bricklet to give property buyers without a deposit a leg-up into the market.
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Here’s how the new First Home Buyer Choice scheme works and how you can benefit.
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The regional housing boom sparked by waves of Australians fleeing major city lockdowns during COVID has finally burst.
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Sydney’s two great obsessions, property and sport, have come together in a distinctly designer fashion with the listing of the Rose Bay home of Swans star Lance…
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Melbourne’s house prices rose by about half as much as Sydney’s during the COVID-19 boom, new analysis shows.
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An ordinary first home buyer has access to an extra $31,000 in spending power since stamp duty was made optional, new modelling shows.
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The world bank has warned the Reserve Bank of Australia must continue to “raise interest rates” to rebalance domestic demand and keep inflation anchored.
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Workers are seeing wages grow at the fastest pace in almost a decade but face further pain with predictions of higher interest rates.
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Minutes of November Reserve Bank of Australia meeting say board is ‘prepared to keep rates unchanged’ while it assesses state of economy and inflation.
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Lender interest in Australian commercial real estate has remained high, with several lenders expressing a desire to grow their loan books despite economic chall…
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The property downturn has barely made a dent in the sky-high deposit required to purchase a first home, new analysis shows.
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