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Finance • 01 DEC 2010
Buyers warm to mortgage brokers
More than 60 per cent of Australians would consider using a mortgage broker, new research has found.
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Tax & Legal • 30 NOV 2010
First home owner grant cap to rise in NSW
First home buyers in New South Wales are set to benefit from an increase in the first home owner grant cap as of next year.
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Finance • 30 NOV 2010
Fixed rates catch borrowers’ eyes
The hefty rise in home loan rates in recent weeks, particularly those on offer by the big banks, is driving increasing interest in fixed rate home loans.
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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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