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Tax & Legal • 10 AUG 2015
More illegal investors ordered to sell up
Five foreign investors who unlawfully hold residential property in Australia have been ordered to sell their properties.
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Hotspots • 10 AUG 2015
Sydney and Melbourne set for further growth: RBA
Australia’s central bank has raised the extraordinary possibility that property prices in Sydney and Melbourne have not yet responded fully to ultra-low rates.
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Hotspots • 07 AUG 2015
High-growth suburbs revealed
The latest release of Valuer General’s median house price data in South Australia has revealed the highest-growing suburbs in that state, as well as an indication of...
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Finance • 07 AUG 2015
Fixed rate loans becoming more popular
Demand for fixed rate home loans increased over the month of July in response to multiple banks increasing interest rates, according to an industry expert.
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Finance • 06 AUG 2015
APRA crackdown 'ineffectual'
The head of one lender has described APRA’s continued efforts to reduce investor lending as “ineffectual”, despite the regulator this week declaring its crackdown...
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Finance • 06 AUG 2015
Market reacts strangely to APRA crackdown
Property listings have increased across the nation in July and could be a possible result of the investor lending crackdown, according to a new report.
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Hotspots • 05 AUG 2015
Investors turn to Tassie
Investors turned to Australia’s cheapest property state to snatch some bargains over the June quarter.
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Hotspots • 05 AUG 2015
Housing supply in decline
A record number of homebuilding approvals were awarded last financial year – but signs have emerged that activity may have peaked.
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Finance • 04 AUG 2015
RBA Cash Rate Announcement - August 2015
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the result of its monthly meeting in regards to the official cash rate.
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Finance • 04 AUG 2015
Big 4 and more increase interest rates
The last of the big four banks and two leading regional banks have announced increases to their standard variable rates on investor home loans.
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