Your guide to the first home buyer's grants
The good news for first home buyers is that there are still opportunities to take advantage of government grants. The key is knowing ...
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Spring selling season brings new property to the fore
The current traditional property spring selling season this year has been all about brand new property, with more buyers considering...
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Buying property off the plan
At the moment, most of Brisbane’s best opportunities currently available are for properties in high growth areas bought off the plan. M...
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Rent or buy, upsize or downsize, invest?
Should you rent or buy? Should you upgrade to a bigger home or stay put? Should you borrow against your home to buy an investment prop...
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Massive housing shortfall predicted
Australia's housing supply could be short by half a million homes within ten years. Changing this requires reform to reduce the t...
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Western Australia and Queensland.
As a result of the strong population growth in Western Australia, HIA estimates that as at June 2011, Western Australia’s cumulative ho...
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Australia's rent returns: amongst the highest in the world
Data for the world's cities rental returns from the Global Property Guide has shown that Sydney sits at the seventh highest in the world...
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Westpac cuts its fixed rates
Westpac has cut its fixed rates on its home loans , taking its three-year interest rate to 6.44%. The bank has cut rates on its three-year...
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Rates to stay on hold until 2012
The Reserve Bank says key financial-stress indicators suggest most households are comfortably shouldering the economic slowdown, with many p...
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Fixed rate home loans popular in August 2011
Mortgage loan borrowers have responded to the aggressive cutting of fixed home loan interest rates over the past couple of months by refin...
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No rate cuts as Aussies head overseas
Australians are taking advantage of the strong dollar to holiday overseas in record numbers and damaging the local economy. "If retai...
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10 common mistakes made by investors
Investing in property can be the pathway towards financial freedom – or financial ruin! To give your property pursuits the best chance o...
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Negotiating your next property deal
You’ve found the property that you want, so how can you get a good deal. Here are a few tips from RP Data on how to take a strong negotiat...
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Property investors should act now
Potential property investors should always buy when the market is soft, one economist has claimed. Speaking at the 2011 Aussie Sales ...
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In Queensland the mood is turning positive!
With the state government’s $10,000 new home buyer incentive now available from 1 August for owner occupier and investors alike, builde...
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Eight Golden Rules of Property Investing
In his latest book, Michael Yardney reveals his eight golden rules for property investing. Here we summarise those rules, and show yo...
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5 fast facts you didn't know about the property market in Australia
1. Australia's strongest performing suburb for 12-month median house price growth was Ashfield, Queensland. The suburb, near Bundab...
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One quarter have refinanced their home loans
According to the latest Bankwest/MFAA Home Finance Index, one in four Australians have refinanced their mortgage loan in the past two y...
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Prepaying interest on your investment loan
Thinking for the longer term can help property investors with their tax planning from one year to the next. As an investor, here’s on...
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BIS Shrapnel releases its outlook for the market.
A new report from BIS Shrapnel has found that Australian property prices are expected to remain steady in 2011 and grow moderately over ...
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Investors more active in the property market
According to AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker , sales for May 2011 are back to within just 1.7% of May 2010 figures. Property...
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Home loans volume beats expectations
Australian Property Monitors, a part of Fairfax, has just released some encouraging home loans data for April. This article analyse...
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Rate rise still on the cards
Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has reiterated that further interest rate hikes may be on the horizon. In a speech to a Brisbane lunch...
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Choosing a home loan
A recent report highlighted the multitude of home loan options on the market. Here are some tips to negotiate the mortgage maze of over ...
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Rents set to rise as home lending drops.
Landlords are poised to see further increase in rents as the market continues to remain slow. According to the latest information from th...
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When would I refinance my mortgage?
According to the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia the answer to that question is simple. Whenever it makes good financial sen...
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Hardship relief for home loan borrowers - Genworth Financial
Genworth Financial has expanded its hardship solutions package for borrowers that are struggling to get back on their feet due to the natur...
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Subdued Outlook For House Price Growth
House prices are expected to endure a relatively flat period over the coming 12 months, unlike the rental market. National house prices ...
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New one page mortgage contracts proposed
Under new proposed laws, all mortgage loan applicants will receive an easy-to-read one page summary of their home loan features, includin...
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Using your home as "leverage"
Smart investors categorise property borrowings in two ways, as productive debt and non-productive debt. Productive debt is used to purcha...
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Queensland's economy 'very strong and diversified', despite floods: ratings agency:
Source: Treasurer and Minister for State Development and Trade, The Honourable Andrew Fraser, 01/04/2011 Credit ratings agency Standard ...
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Investing in Houses vs Investing in Apartments
Some people prefer to invest in houses rather than apartments, as they know that it is land that appreciates and so they often ask for whe...
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Bills going up twice as fast as inflation
According to the latest ING Direct Financial Wellbeing Index, household bills are rising at double the rate of inflation. Bills have risen ...
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Sense of urgency for first home buyers.
A recent survey has revealed that rising rents are the motivation behind more than 50 per cent of those surveyed wanting to buy in the next ...
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Rents go up and up and up
According to the Australian Property Monitors’ Rental Price Series Quarterly Report, unit rental prices in Australia rose by 2.3% throughou...
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Low doc loans still allowed
Low doc loans are still allowed under responsible lending guidelines but should not be given to employed people said the financial ombudsm...
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More suburbs enter the million dollar club
According to experts RP Data the number of suburbs with a median price over $1 million increased to 212 suburbs nationwide. This is des...
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Housing blocks now too expensive for buyers
According to a new study by the National Land Survey Program, at the end of last year, just three out of 10 lots for sale in new housing es...
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More homeowners fall behind on their mortgage repayments
Home loan arrears of 90 days or more past due rose significantly in the December 2010 quarter and may increase further if the Australian p...
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Bad new for renters - more rises on the way
Good news for property investors - rents in Australia are set to rise a solid 7% in 2011. During the last three months of 2010, rents in A...
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Mortgage market collapses in Jan 2011
The mortgage market slumped in January 2011 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), with the value of dwelling commitments ...
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Capital growth - top reason for investing in property
Recent research by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, on buyer and seller behaviour, found capital growth was the top reason for buyi...
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Rents are set to rise
Australia’s residential property rental market is expected to see increases of up to 7 per cent during the course of 2011 - according to mar...
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Review your home loan
When was the last time you reviewed your home loan against what else is available? With careful research, you may be able to save thousand...
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Sydney facing huge shortage of new property
Sydney is currently facing a huge (and increasing) shortage of new property . The population is increasing at its fastest rate for 200 year...
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Great time to save for your first home
According to SQM Research, there are about 102,000 more residential properties on the market than this time last year. Data from RP Data al...
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Cost of living will skyrocket for mortgage holders
According to a report by JP Morgan, interest rate hikes are likely to lead to a massive cost of living increase. A report by the company ...
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Older borrowers face tough times
Anybody over 35 years of age could be rejected and effectively barred from getting a new mortgage loan , even if they are just refinancing ...
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