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An online calculator is now available to help NSW first-home buyers choose between a small annual property payment or paying a bigger upfront stamp duty.
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Quentin Dempster, journalist and former 30-year veteran of the ABC, has been named the winner of Airbnb's "best unique stay".
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Melbourne home buyers have far less choice than they did a year ago, new data shows, as owners hold back from listing their properties.
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REA Group Senior Economist Eleanor Creagh says the strength of new property listings has continued to be relatively strong.
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It's a long way from a bust, but the booming property prices in Queensland’s two biggest regional centres are clearly cooling,
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While some Sydney suburbs have been harder hit than others, new data shows none have been spared.
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The RBA has raised its cash rate 25 basis points to 2.6 per cent.
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More than half of properties in the City of Perth are selling at a loss, making the area the least profitable in the country, new figures reveal.
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Aussies are facing the worst financial hit in almost 10 years as interest rates continue to rise.
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Investors and the Reserve Bank are facing tough tests this week after the giant New York Stock Exchange officially became a bear market.
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The heat may be coming out of the housing market but prices across most regions remain at least 15 per cent above pre-pandemic levels.
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The rate of house price falls has accelerated – but not all the nation’s property markets are being impacted equally.
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