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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