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Finance • 21 JUN 2011
Auction clearance rates still sluggish
Buyers’ lack of confidence was reflected in the weekend’s auction clearance rates, which remained flat in most of the nation’s major cities.
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Hotspots • 18 JUN 2011
New development for Sydney’s inner west
Property development group Australand has announced plans for a new residential development in Sydney’s sought-after inner west.
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Hotspots • 17 JUN 2011
Living costs demand change in property prices
Australian property prices may see a correction over the coming years as the cost of living continues to soar, Yellow Brick Road chairman Mark Bouris has claimed.
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Hotspots • 17 JUN 2011
Market flat but online browsing soars
Despite a widely reported slump in the property market Fairfax Media’s real estate site Domain.com.au (Domain) has recorded its best ever month.
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Hotspots • 17 JUN 2011
QLD unit market takes a hit
Prices and sales of Queensland units and townhouses have slipped right across the state as patchy economic conditions and natural disasters take their toll.
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2011
Sydney housing shortage tightens
The Sydney property market needs up to 10 new suburbs built annually in order to meet the growing housing shortfall, Raine & Horne has claimed.
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2011
Property market continues to lag
The price of Australian real estate continued to fall in the March quarter, as the growing cost of living and buyer caution took its toll on the market.
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Hotspots • 16 JUN 2011
More calls to increase first timer grant
Loan Market Group is urging the federal government to increase the First Home Owner’s Grant (FHOG) in a bid to bring the incentive in line with current real estate...
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Hotspots • 15 JUN 2011
No room for overpriced properties: RE/MAX
Armed with an array of options, investors and home buyers are refusing to consider any properties that are overvalued, RE/MAX WA managing director Geoff Baldwin has...
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Hotspots • 15 JUN 2011
Prestige properties under perform
Australia’s high end property markets have experienced significant price falls, placing the nation’s more affordable markets in a positive position.
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