Financial institutions have boosted the number of attractive home loan sweeteners on offer to lure new customers through the door. A platter of incentives including cash back offers up to…
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Are you getting the best deal possible from your lender? With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) yesterday leaving the cash rate unchanged at 2.50%, chances are, you might just…
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At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent. Since the Board's previous meeting, information on the global economy has been consistent…
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NEW home sales in Australia posted their first annual increase in five years in 2013, according to the Housing Industry of Australia. "New home sales hit a low ebb during…
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As we hurtle towards the start of the new school year, it brings into sharp focus for many people buying, selling or moving house (or all tHicks Real Estatee) the…
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FIRST-HOME owner grants are one of the biggest failures of government policy in the past 50 years, with the extra cash encouraging owners to bump up the selling price, making…
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THE $530 billion squirrelled away by mums and dads in self-managed super fund has never had much exposure to real estate, nothing they need to lose sleep over … until…
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Home loan approvals rose for the ninth time in 10 months as the housing sector strengthens, benefitting from record low interest rates. Home loan approvals rose 1.0 per cent in…
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Our local paper, the North-West News, recently ran an article quoting the latest Real Estate Industry of Queensland’s (REIQ) figures for the local area, with Gaythorne, McDowall and Everton Park…
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REIA President Peter Bushby says the decision to abolish the National Housing Supply Council could signal the end to much needed data to formulate housing policy. The National Housing Supply…
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