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Research • 15 Dec 2020

Buyer confidence returns, fuelling transactions in 2021

Buyers who had put their purchases on hold as a result of the COVID crisis are now feeling confident enough to buy again...

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Finance • 5 Nov 2020

Westpac decreases interest rate for home loans

Westpac has announced further changes to support home loan and small-business customers, including lowering fixed home l...

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Finance • 2 Oct 2019

Lenders begin to pass on RBA cut

The market has responded to the Reserve Bank’s latest cut to the cash rate, with lenders passing on savings to mortgag...

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Finance • 1 Oct 2019

RBA reveals October cash rate call

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced its decision on the official cash rate for October, following banks fa...

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Finance • 17 Sep 2019

Mortgagors move to pay down debt

New figures from AMP Bank have shown a “significant uptick” in the number of home loan customers switching from IO t...

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Finance • 10 Sep 2019

Major bank slashes mortgage rates by up to 130 bps

A big four bank has cut interest rates across its variable and fixed rate home loan offerings for both owner-occupiers a...

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Finance • 6 Sep 2019

Credit curbs in sight as housing rebound accelerates

Regulators could consider a fresh round of macro-prudential measures to keep debt levels at bay, according to one analys...

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Finance • 29 Aug 2019

Negative interest rates ‘only a matter of time’

Financial markets are increasingly expecting the Australian cash rate to slip into negative territory, according to the ...

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Finance • 7 Oct 2014

Rate hikes loom ahead

A panel of financial experts has warned rates are likely to rise for the next three years, putting upwards pressure on i...

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12 MONTH GROWTH

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Marsden Park

127.02%
Mollymook

82.85%
Brightwaters

79.93%
Cleve

78.13%
Bawley Point

76.2%
Murrays Beach

75.57%
Terranora

70%
Crescent Head

69.38%
Park Ridge South

68.32%
Mollymook Beach

67.09%

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Gabby
If they are anything like the previous govt housing incentives be careful as the payment/interest rate would be a lot higher than the banks. And it would take longer to eventually pay off the home at ...

Hundreds enter market with 2pc deposit

David
I feel a property boom coming on in WA, Brisbane and parts of NSW. This will definitely put pressure on the demand for properties as it becomes cheaper to own than to rent.A move that should have been.....interest rates. Now the government needs to tell people the sun is shining

RBA's rate cut an opportunity for investors

Moonae
I remember August 2008, interest rates 9% - Shane Oliver comes out and talks up rates hitting as high as 11%. Within a month official rates dropped 1% and collapsed from there. If Shane Oliver says 2 ...

Two more rate cuts to come

Pete
More rate cuts next year are a bit of a win and a loose for some people. Further cuts mean our interest charges are less but the recovery ie peoples perception of the market is shaky. I have bought 4 .....interest rate. Where it is now would be good. I hope we all finally move forward in 2013.
Happy N...

Two more rate cuts to come

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Buyer confidence returns, fuelling transactions in 2021