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Finance • 02 OCT 2012
RBA Cuts Rates - October 2012
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the official cash rate for the first time in four months.
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Hotspots • 02 OCT 2012
Over half of Australians struggle to pay bills
53 per cent of Australian households have no income left each month after paying their mortgage and other bills, the latest ME Bank Household Financial Comfort Report...
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Hotspots • 02 OCT 2012
Building cover scheme set to proceed
Northern Territory’s Residential Building Cover Scheme will proceed in 2013 under the Country Liberals government.
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Hotspots • 02 OCT 2012
Buyer confidence rising in capital city
Strong apartment sales in the Brisbane suburb of Teneriffe are indicating an increase in buyer confidence in the Queensland market.
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Finance • 28 SEP 2012
Finding mortgage alone may be detrimental
Investors looking for a mortgage alone may take longer to get into the market and miss opportunities, according to a recent analysis.
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Hotspots • 28 SEP 2012
Revealed: New suburb to drive jobs, population growth and investment
A $1 billion housing development has been opened as one of the largest infill projects undertaken in Melbourne’s growing south east corridor.
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Hotspots • 28 SEP 2012
Investor Alert: Mining town location which could still boom
A new letter from BHP Billiton to the minister for mineral resources and energy, Tom Kotsantonis, has requested an extension for the Olympic Dam expansion approval.
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Hotspots • 27 SEP 2012
Tough financial year for home building
Results from the HIA-COLORBOND® steel Housing 100 Report have revealed the 2011/2012 financial year as a tough one for new home building.
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Hotspots • 27 SEP 2012
Building Concept Centre opens in major city
Investors looking to build or renovate can now visit one of Australia’s largest building concept centres in Melbourne.
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Hotspots • 27 SEP 2012
Locals snap up land released in mining towns
Fast-tracked land released by the Newman Government in mining towns Moranbah and Blackwater has been snapped up by locals.  
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