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Finance • 27 AUG 2010

More banks drop fixed rates

ANZ, NAB and Suncorp have dropped their fixed mortgage rates off the back of similar moves by other lenders this month.

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Hotspots • 26 AUG 2010

New home building surges

New home building activity has surged in the June quarter, pointing to a long-anticipated recovery in residential building activity.

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Hotspots • 25 AUG 2010

SA, TAS markets best buying options in Spring: REBAA

The property market is set to heat up with the onset of the spring selling season but activity is expected to be more subdued than usual.

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Finance • 25 AUG 2010

Lenders urged to play fair

Major lenders have been urged not to take advantage of the current political “vacuum” and increase interest rates on home loan products.

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Finance • 24 AUG 2010

Prepare yourself for 9pc interest rates: BIS

Interest rates on Westpac home loans might just sit stable – for now – if comments from the bank's chief today are anything to go by.

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Hotspots • 24 AUG 2010

Investor activity to gather pace

Warmer weather and favourable investment conditions should ignite investor activity in the property market, according to national mortgage broking group Mortgage...

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Finance • 24 AUG 2010

No rate rise: Westpac

Making headlines today, Westpac says it has no intention of lifting its lending rates out of sync with Reserve Bank movements, news that will be welcomed by borrowers...

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Hotspots • 23 AUG 2010

Hung parliament adds to economic uncertainty

A hung parliament has added to uncertainty in the outlook for the Australian economy, with investor and consumer activity likely to remain on hold until a government is...

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Hotspots • 23 AUG 2010

Slight pickup in auction activity

Auction activity in Victoria’s capital city saw a glimmer of improvement over the election weekend, despite numbers remaining low, Australian Property Monitors’...

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Finance • 23 AUG 2010

95pc loans no easy money

First home buyers received the news last week that several lenders are now willing to lend up to 95 per cent of a property’s purchase price – but getting such loans...

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