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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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Finance • 23 NOV 2010

Rates to stay put

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to leave rates on hold until February 2011.

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Hotspots • 23 NOV 2010

Sunshine fails to warm up auction activity

The warm spring weather is doing little to entice potential home buyers to the property market.

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Finance • 23 NOV 2010

Rate hike spoils Christmas

Almost two thirds of Australians will reassess their spending plans for Christmas following the Reserve Bank’s November rate hike.

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Finance • 20 NOV 2010

Smaller banks reveal their hand

One week after the majors announced their rate movements Australia’s second tier lenders have revealed their new home loan rates.

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