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New housing approvals fell to their lowest levels in more than a decade in October.
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Australia's inflation rate has softened by more than expected in a promising sign for borrowers hoping for the end of interest rate hikes.
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Land tax on vacant homes in Victoria, if they are unused for three years, is set to triple.
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Australian housing wealth is meaningless, destructive and fundamentally changing our society (The Guardian)
High-priced homes do not create wealth, Alan Kohler says, they redistribute it. Now financial success is largely a function of geography, not accomplishment.
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A top official at the UK central bank is set to make the move to Australia and join the Reserve Bank as it battles to tame persistent price pressures.
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The Halls family call it the $25,000 sink — the kitchen fitting that sank their chance of the HomeBuilder grant.
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Fast food outlets have shown much more resilience in values and turnover, over the past 18 months, than retail or office.
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Michele Bullock has claimed services such as hairdressing and dentist appointments are to blame for cost pressures in Australia. Here's what experts say.
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New data from property researchers DSR has revealed which suburbs are driving up property prices in Australia's most expensive cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
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After a strong year, property price growth looks to be slowing in Sydney and Melbourne, but Brisbane and Perth could be set for a big 2024.
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Nationally, new listings on realestate.com.au have surged 17% month-on-month.
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Of the more than one million empty properties in Australia, a home where the owners have been "out for lunch" for two years represents a hotly-debated facet of …
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