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Hotspots • 10 MAR 2011

Property sales drop 20pc

The number of property sales fell 20 per cent in 2010, new research has revealed.

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Hotspots • 10 MAR 2011

SPI unveils new website

Smart Property Investment today launched a new website that offers investors and home buyers greater access to property investment intelligence.

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Hotspots • 09 MAR 2011

Rental market tight in VIC

Melbourne’s outer suburbs are showcasing strong potential for investors with vacancy rates in the area the lowest in the city.

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Finance • 09 MAR 2011

Buyers choose non-banks

Increasing numbers of investors and home buyers are choosing non-bank lenders to finance their property purchases, sales figures from mortgage broking group AFG have...

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Finance • 09 MAR 2011

Major cuts rates

The war between Australia’s major lenders shows no signs of abating, with Westpac slashing interest rates across a number of its mortgages.

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Finance • 09 MAR 2011

Next rate rise delayed

Investors and home buyers may not face another rate rise until as late as August according to the latest forecasts from National Australia Bank.

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Hotspots • 09 MAR 2011

New green standard for developments

A new green star rating tool is set to become national standard, paving the way for more sustainable Australian developments and cities.

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Finance • 08 MAR 2011

Westpac slams exit fee reforms

Westpac’s chief executive Gail Kelly has slammed the government’s proposed ban on exit fees as “poor public policy”.

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Hotspots • 08 MAR 2011

Borrowers do their homework

Investors and home buyers are becoming savvier and doing a lot of their own mortgage leg work at home, new research has revealed.

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Hotspots • 07 MAR 2011

Construction activity contracts in February

The national construction industry reported an ongoing contraction in activity levels in February, albeit at a slower pace, the Australian Industry Group (Ai...

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