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green lending read icon 2 min read
Finance • 29 Apr 2022
CommBank leads the charge for green lending
Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, has broken new ground by announcing it will be implementing green home loans.
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Inflation surge read icon 2 min read
Finance • 29 Apr 2022
Inflation surge to further sour home ownership dreams – REIA
As the latest inflation data bolstered the case for a pre-election rate hike, the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) rang the alarm over a looming housing...
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NAB read icon 1 min read
Finance • 27 Apr 2022
Price drops set for 2023: NAB
The bank has doubled down on its prediction that house prices will decline by 10 per cent in 2023.
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Westpac read icon 1 min read
Finance • 23 Apr 2022
Major bank says inflationary pressures on the way up
Westpac predicts core inflation will rise to 4 per cent in the second half of 2022.
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Morrison targets FHB voters with higher property price caps read icon 2 min read
Finance • 20 Apr 2022
Morrison targets FHB voters with higher property price caps
Higher property price caps for the New Home Guarantee scheme could come into play on 1 July, 2022, if the coalition is re-elected at the upcoming Federal Election.
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property investors pushing prices higher read icon 1 min read
Finance • 20 Apr 2022
Are property investors pushing prices higher?
The average price for investment properties was found to be nearly $170,000 below the mean national property price.
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Major banks revise cash rate forecasts read icon 4 min read
Finance • 13 Apr 2022
Major banks revise cash rate forecasts
Economists from all four major banks have revised their cash rate forecasts following the RBA’s meeting last week, suggesting that the cash rate will start rising from...
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What’s the likely outcome of a cash rate hike for investors? read icon 2 min read
Finance • 07 Apr 2022
What’s the likely outcome of a cash rate hike for investors?
With speculation mounting for a future rate hike, new data suggests that three out of four borrowers will have to cut back on their expenditure should forecasts for...
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Budget to boost home ownership, adds targeted regional scheme read icon 1 min read
Finance • 28 Mar 2022
Budget to boost home ownership, adds targeted regional scheme
The 2022‑23 budget, due out tomorrow (29 March), will more than double the scope of the government’s Home Guarantee Scheme in an attempt to woo voters ahead of the...
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Tassie boosts stamp duty relief read icon 1 min read
Finance • 26 Mar 2022
Tassie boosts stamp duty relief
The state government has passed a raft of measures designed to continue easing the challenges of entering the housing market.
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