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Single parents buying their first home may soon be able to do so with a deposit of only two per cent under a new federal scheme.
POPULATION
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With the wealth of Baby Boomers more than 12 times that of Millennials, young people need to know how to invest smart to have any chance of catching up.
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The rate of net overseas migration has plummeted enough to overcome the rate of births, leaving Australia with less people in it than before.
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Granny flats are an attractive option, costing around $100,000 each, especially for older people who find themselves single and whose adult children have a hous…
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While many have shared stories of people moving from Melbourne after the Victoria’s harsh lockdown restrictions, new data shows just how true that is.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia is expecting house prices to rise despite the weakest population growth since World War I.
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What most crystal ball gazers don’t recognise is that the property market is all about finance, not economics.
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Working remotely during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as an ageing population, has changed the nature of property demand, according to a lender.
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New research has found younger women are more eager to climb the property ladder than men in the same age group.
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With few people making it into or out of the country, the coronavirus has winded the clock back more than 100 years on Australia’s population growth.
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More than half of all Australians believe now is a good time to buy property as consumer confidence returns to levels not seen since start of the COVID-19 outbr…
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The Reserve Bank is watching closely how property prices may change if more people move back home or form larger households because of financial stress, board m…
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