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NSW Fair Trading received 51 underquoting related complaints in the first six months of this year, and issued 40 penalties.
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Property prices are already falling at their fastest quarterly pace since the early-1980s – and there’s a worrying sign this is just the start.
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Wealthy suburbs near the beach and sea change areas are suffering the sharpest house price falls as interest rates keep surging.
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Over 90 per cent of NSW businesses are experiencing workforce shortages, according to the 2022 Workforce Skills Survey.
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Property values have dived dramatically on the Sunshine Coast and beyond, bringing an apparent end to a two-year boom.
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First-home buyers are disappearing from the market as property price falls prove insufficient to offset the rising cost of servicing loans, according to new dat…
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Prime minister Anthony Albanese has explained how the boost to Australian migration will work, as the country battles a skills crisis.
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Housing affordability has barely improved despite the property market downturn, although a handful of affluent areas are the exceptions.
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Buyers snapping up tiny properties as they try to break into the housing market or downsize.
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One of Australia’s biggest banks has followed the lead of its competitors and cut variable mortgage rates — but there’s a catch.
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Investing in Australians’ education is far more important than immigration in resolving the nation’s skills shortages, according to surveyed economists .
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An 850 metre-long strip in the inner city suburb of Fitzroy was one of only two streets in Australia to make Time Out’s 2022 list.
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