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With interest rates rising and house prices dropping in some cities, are potential first-home buyers getting closer to making that purchase?
FIRST-HOME BUYERS
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With a Labor Government taking the reins for the first time in nine years, homeowners may be wondering what that means for the property market.
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Home ownership is not on 34-year-old town planner Eric Smith's to-do list as soaring property prices push the prospect of buying a house out of reach.
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Experts are asking why affordable developments can’t be built specifically for first home buyers, in the same way as retirement villages or over-55s seniors liv…
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Early super scheme for property threatens to cause a house price 'explosion', experts warn (Nine News)
Experts have criticised the Coalition policy to allow first home buyers to access their superannuation to buy property, warning it could cause price increases.
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A fresh report has revealed the grim reality of how long it takes for Australian first home buyers to save for a deposit.
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Prospective first home buyers’ relief in seeing property prices fall could be short-lived as higher interest rates reduce the amount they can borrow.
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The Reserve Bank’s recent rate rise is being felt most keenly in Victoria’s hot house and land market, where land sales are coming off the boil.
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It’s a scheme designed to help more people buy houses but the potential downside could see many Aussies struggling to make ends meet.
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A new survey suggests two-thirds of young voters have conceded they may never own a home.
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Queensland's property laws have come under fire as more developers use sunset clauses to cancel contracts and leave would-be first home buyers priced out of the…
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Many first-home buyers are having to weigh up their options, particularly amid fears of rising interest rates and already sky-high property prices.
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