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Hotspots • 14 FEB 2018

Cost of land keeps on rising, impacting on housing affordability

A report by the Housing Industry Association and CoreLogic has highlighted how a lack of land supply is driving up property markets and could be the root cause of...

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Finance • 13 FEB 2018

APRA chairman sets sights higher on ‘improvements’ to lending

The prudential regulator has claimed while its curbs on investor and interest-only lending have been successful, there is still more work to be done...

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Hotspots • 12 FEB 2018

Investors running scared with APRA to blame

Recent findings from the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the number of investors has been steadily decreasing, with one expert claiming...

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Hotspots • 12 FEB 2018

Listings keep sliding while home values keep steady

Home values remained steady this week in every capital city except one, the latest CoreLogic data shows.

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Tax & Legal • 09 FEB 2018

APRA IO reductions ‘blunt interventions’, cost taxpayers $500m

Lending restrictions put in place by APRA on interest-only loans have cost Australian taxpayers an approximate $500 million a year, according to the Productivity...

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Hotspots • 08 FEB 2018

Most property sales taking longer than a year ago: CoreLogic

The latest Property Pulse by CoreLogic analyses the time on market of the capital cities around the nation, showing on the whole that capital cities are selling on...

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Tax & Legal • 07 FEB 2018

Scott Morrison on neg gearing scandal: “The Treasurer is going to have his view”

The Treasurer has spoken out on his opposition regarding the potential implementation of Labor’s policy to remove negative gearing, claiming his decisions are made...

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Hotspots • 06 FEB 2018

Property commentator calls BS on long-standing property myth

Everyone has their view on what makes a hotspot popular, with typically one underlying trend that no one thinks twice about. That is, except for one property...

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Finance • 06 FEB 2018

RBA announces cash rate decision - February 2018

The official cash rate has been announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia following its monthly board meeting.

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Hotspots • 05 FEB 2018

Women twice as likely as men to consider investing: Westpac

Women in property are overtaking men in all aspects of home ownership, including investing, according to a new report from Westpac.

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