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The consumer price index for the first three months of 2023 has come in at an annual rate of 7%, down from the 32-year high of 7.8%
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Soaring construction costs, plunging borrowing capacity and a growing divergence in listed and unlisted valuations means the pain from this cycle is yet to full…
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Sydney property investors are facing mounting costs as their mortgage repayments climb even faster than rapidly rising rents.
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More than a dozen properties in the outback South Australian town of Coober Pedy will be auctioned off in an attempt to recoup unpaid council rates.
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REIWA’s 2023 property market quarterly update estimates Perth house prices will remain steady in the first half of 2023, while rent prices will continue to incr…
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More pain for mortgage holders could be on the way after the Reserve Bank of Australia indicated the possibility of further interest rate rises.
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New data has revealed the Australian suburbs with the biggest drop in listings of homes for sale.
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Melbourne investors are selling their properties at a higher rate than usual, as interest rate rises prompt owners to offload their increasingly expensive inves…
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A lack of investors is partly to blame for Australia’s rental crisis, while investors already in the market are struggling to hold onto their rental properties.…
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In the blink of an eye, house prices have moved from ongoing decline to actually moving higher in the major cities.
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It should be a buyer’s market, so why are property buyers holding back?
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First-home buyers are snapping up property in Sydney’s west and south-western suburbs, as well as the Central Coast.
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