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Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

APRA throws a lifeline back to property investors

Today’s announcement from APRA to remove the investor loan growth benchmark will see some banks cut investor rates to lure back more investors into the lucrative sector.

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26 Apr, 2018

2 min read

APRA throws a lifeline back to property investors

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Perth is the most affordable City in Australia

Perth has been named the most affordable city in Australia, according to Housing Industry Association.

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25 Apr, 2018

2 min read

Perth is the most affordable City in Australia

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

What the rise of first home buyers means for you

The number of first home buyers has finally began to increase thanks to state and territory incentives such as grants and tax concessions, according to data from CoreLogic.

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23 Apr, 2018

6 min read

What the rise of first home buyers means for you

Georgie Hay

Exclusive, Australia's youngest property tycoon sets the record straight

Stephanie Brennan is one of Australia’s youngest real estate entrepreneurs, at just 27 she already owns properties across three continents rumoured to be worth $3.2 million.

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22 Apr, 2018

6 min read

Exclusive, Australia's youngest property tycoon sets the record straight

Kate Cowling

ME Bank raises home loan rates for existing customers

ME bank is the latest Australian bank to hike home loan rates after Suncorp Bank, State Custodians and loans.com.au raised the majority of their variable rates over the past month.

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20 Apr, 2018

3 min read

ME Bank raises home loan rates for existing customers

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

More Aussies choosing to renovate than relocate

The number of owner-occupiers renovating their homes has risen by 21 per cent since 2015, according to research by Westpac. The research also found that the number of Australian homeowners considering selling decreased by 11 per cent compared to last year, dropping back down to the same level as 2015.

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19 Apr, 2018

2 min read

More Aussies choosing to renovate than relocate

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

How changes to Capital Gains Tax could impact housing affordability

Newly released research from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) suggests that an increase in Capital Gains Tax would raise the cost of renting and make housing affordability even more problematic.

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18 Apr, 2018

2 min read

How changes to Capital Gains Tax could impact housing affordability

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Second lender lifts mortgage rates

State Custodians has announced it will increase interest rates on variable home loans by 0.10 percentage points, effective 17 April 2018.

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18 Apr, 2018

2 min read

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Falls felt for February housing finance

The latest Housing Finance figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicate that while Australian home buyers are committing more money towards owner occupied housing and less towards investment properties, the overall number of housing finance commitments are falling, including the number of first home buyers.

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13 Apr, 2018

3 min read

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Aussie cash rate will rise, but not yet, says RBA

Investors may want to start bracing themselves for the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA’s) first increase to Australia’s cash rate in seven years… though this increase could take some time to arrive.

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12 Apr, 2018

2 min read

Aussie cash rate will rise, but not yet, says RBA

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Rents surge in Hobart as yields slump in Sydney

Australia’s eight capital city rental markets have reported very different results over the March quarter.

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12 Apr, 2018

3 min read

Rents surge in Hobart as yields slump in Sydney

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Keep building houses to solve housing affordability

A new report from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) has crunched the numbers around the nation’s ongoing housing affordability crisis, and determined that Australia must continue to build homes at the current rate in order to maintain a housing supply that meets demand forecasts.

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09 Apr, 2018

2 min read