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Hotspots • 14 FEB 2012
Couple up to buy property quicker
Partnering up may be the solution for investors looking to buy property sooner, according to Australia’s largest independently-operated mortgage broker.
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Finance • 14 FEB 2012
Rocky relationship with debt
Losing financial assets, such as property, is not the only thing at risk from having an unhealthy relationship with debt, according to a new survey.
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Hotspots • 14 FEB 2012
High speed rail network approval will see property prices grow
Regional real estate values can expect double figure growth on the back of up to $108 billion of new infrastructure, a leading real estate group has claimed.
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Hotspots • 13 FEB 2012
Gen Y nervous about Europe: Poll
Generation Y are more anxious than the rest of the population over the direction of the global economy and the European debt crisis, a new survey has revealed.
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Finance • 13 FEB 2012
Westpac mirrors ANZ, lifts rates
Moments after ANZ announced it would raise its rates independently of the Reserve Bank, Westpac followed suit.
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Hotspots • 13 FEB 2012
Property market on a knife edge
The Australian property market is at a “cross road”, according to a leading property research group.
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Finance • 11 FEB 2012
ANZ ups interest rates
ANZ today announced it will increase interest rates for variable rate mortgages and small business lending by 0.06%pa.
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Finance • 11 FEB 2012
Gvt budget for affordable homes
A formal request for the government to provide over $2.5 billion in the 2012/2013 budget for new homes has been made by leading lobby groups.
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Hotspots • 11 FEB 2012
Queensland expects an upturn
Optimism can be expected for Queensland property over 2012, according to a leading economist.
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Hotspots • 10 FEB 2012
Drop in credit demand signals flagging confidence
Credit card and mortgage applications fell in the last quarter of 2011, ending a year in which most Australians kept their wallets firmly shut.
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