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Hotspots • 30 NOV 2010

Prices up in Yamba

Property prices have risen by 9.2 per cent in the far north New South Wales coastal town of Yamba in the six months to June 2010, new research by PRDnationwide has...

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Hotspots • 30 NOV 2010

New home sales slump

Despite a slight uptick in October, new home sales are significantly lower than this time last year.

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Finance • 30 NOV 2010

NAB works to fix computer glitch

National Australia Bank is still rushing to fix the computer glitch that left 19,000 of the bank’s customers short of cash.

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Finance • 29 NOV 2010

Non-bank cuts rates

Australian First Mortgage (AFM) is working to deliver a competitive offering, announcing reductions in the interest rates of all of its Complete Option home loans.

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Finance • 26 NOV 2010

Mortgage rates to hit 9.5pc

Mortgage lending rates are expected to hit 9.5 per cent within three years, according to BIS Shrapnel.

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Hotspots • 26 NOV 2010

Concerns over valuation discrepancies

The Real Estate Buyer’s Agents Association of Australia (REBAA) has voiced concern over increasing discrepancies between agreed sale prices and valuations on...

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Hotspots • 25 NOV 2010

Aussies attached to their homes

Australian property owners are holding on to their homes for longer, new research has found.

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Hotspots • 25 NOV 2010

Affordability still an issue: HIA

A modest decline in property prices has helped improve housing affordability over the last quarter.

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Finance • 25 NOV 2010

The cost of buying swells as rates rise

A modest decline in house prices has seen affordability improve slightly over the September quarter but housing remains far less affordable than it was 12 months ago,...

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Finance • 24 NOV 2010

New home loan to track official cash rate

New-Loan has launched Australia’s first variable home loan that will track the cash rate for the first three years from settlement.

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