Posted
at 01 October, 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided this week to keep interest rates on hold given the recent softening in Australian economic data, but now the Federal election is out of the way and the Liberal Party has maintained control the out-look is br......
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Posted
at 11 September, 2004
The number of home loans issued in Australia increased in the last three months by 1.8 per cent to 103,149, up on the previous quarter.......
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Posted
at 07 September, 2004
After three years of near record home building across the country, the residential construction industry in Australia will pause for breath before staging a comeback in 2007 according to a report released this week by the Housing Industry Association (HIA......
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Posted
at 01 September, 2004
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) have just released their June quarter median house price data which showed house price growth slowed over the June 2004 quarter but remained strong between June 2003 and June 2004.......
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Posted
at 01 September, 2004
According to the latest AMP Banking/Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) Home Loan Affordability Report, home loan affordability fell nationally during the June 2004 quarter.......
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Posted
at 28 August, 2004
During a mortgage and advice forum in Sydney this week, Bluestone Equity Release has called on the Government to consider alternative methods such as reverse mortgages to ensure older Australians are able to fund their own retirement rather than rely on G......
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Posted
at 25 August, 2004
Everybody's happy after hearing the latest report from the Property Council of Australia [PCA] because the Gold Coasts overall office vacancy rate dropped to 7.1% which is a significant improvement from the 11.8% a year ago.......
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Posted
at 24 August, 2004
According to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) this week the value and number of new home loans issued fell during the month of June 2004.......
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Posted
at 21 August, 2004
New data released late last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Total new building approvals rose by 1.5% during the June 2004 quarter to 14,713 and approvals for private sector houses also rose by 2.......
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Posted
at 21 August, 2004
A draft ruling by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has cleared the way for; Real Estate Agents, Mortgage Brokers, Banks and Conveyances to offer tax advice to their clients in limited circumstances where the advice is incidental to the service being provid......
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