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Housing affordability returns to long-term average

by Staff Reporter • 5 Mar 2010

In a sign that the economy is strengthening, housing affordability has returned to its pre-GFC levels. READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 2 Mar 2010

The likelihood of a March rate rise increased significantly yesterday after the Reserve Bank of Australia governor... READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 25 Feb 2010

Consumer confidence in the United States of America has taken a battering as the government prepares to pull some of... READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 24 Feb 2010

Debt doom prophet Professor Steve Keen has criticised the government's decision to relax the foreign investment rules... READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 23 Feb 2010

Higher interest rates and house prices caused housing affordability to plummet at the end of last year, a new report... READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 22 Feb 2010

Borrowers have almost doubled the size of their loans over the past five years, the latest Reserve Bank of Australia... READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 18 Feb 2010

More than 190,000 Australians took advantage of the government’s first home buyer stimulus incentives in 2009,... READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 17 Feb 2010

Despite an improvement in consumer confidence, the Reserve Bank is cautious about raising rates too soon. READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 16 Feb 2010

First home buyers are taking on more debt than ever before, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). READ MORE

by Staff Reporter • 12 Feb 2010

Despite a wind back in the government's first home buyer stimulus, it seems many of the industry’s newest property... READ MORE