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Finance • 01 SEP 2015
RBA Cash Rate Announcement - September 2015
The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its cash rate decision following a month of intense speculation.
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Finance • 01 SEP 2015
Cash rate to remain steady
The official cash rate is widely tipped to remain on hold ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s board meeting this afternoon.
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Hotspots • 01 SEP 2015
Fastest-selling housing markets revealed
Houses are getting snapped up within three weeks in some parts of Australia, while days on market is at worrying levels in other cities.
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Hotspots • 31 AUG 2015
Markets blowing hot and cold
The latest auction results for four of Australia’s largest capital cities revealed a mixed result for the last weekend before the traditionally lucrative spring sales...
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Hotspots • 31 AUG 2015
Global conditions set to drive domestic market
Foreign investment in Australian real estate may be set to continue at an increased pace, with the Federal Treasurer pointing out that “skittish” Chinese investors...
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Hotspots • 31 AUG 2015
Nation’s best property experts uncovered
Investors across the country have had their say on their ultimate property A-team and have revealed the industry’s most trusted professionals.
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Hotspots • 28 AUG 2015
The suburbs you’re most likely to be bidding in
The locations with the highest proportion of auction listings have been revealed by new data, with suburbs in Sydney and Melbourne dominating the list.
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Tax & Legal • 27 AUG 2015
Hidden tax boosting property values
Investors buying off-the-plan dwellings in one of Australia's largest cities could be getting slugged by a little-known tax that is also inflating existing property...
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Hotspots • 26 AUG 2015
Tough times set to continue
Investment in new housing stock is set to decline within the next two years, and the national economy will continue to soften in the wake of declining mining activity,...
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Hotspots • 26 AUG 2015
ASIC strikes again
Another company has been punished after a federal regulator discovered it was peddling an SMSF property investment product in breach of its licensing obligations.
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