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Homes most affordable in five years

The Age - 16 February 2009

The Australian dream of owning a home is more affordable now than it has been for five years following lower interest rates and greater government subsidies, a report says.

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Doors open for shrewd investors

heraldsun.com.au - 8 December 2008

TUMBLING interest rates have opened the doors for investors.

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When numbers add up, investors return

domain.com.au - 30 November 2008

The best time to enter the residential investment market is when the numbers stack up.

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Rates cut to 5.25%

domain.com.au - 4 November 2008

The Reserve Bank cut its key interest rate for the third month in a row as it attempts to prevent Australia's economy stalling.

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Australian house prices - unlikely to fall....

ANZ Economics & Markets Research - 13 October 2008

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Get Set, Go! - Real Estate Rush

Charter Keck Cramer - 16 September 2008

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Why not all debts are bad

heraldsun.com.au - 27 July 2008

DEBT has become a dirty word in the past 12 months. A crisis in global financial markets has forced up the cost of borrowed money, and the Reserve Bank of Australia has added some of its own interest rate rises to spice things up.

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ANZ Bank predicts

Herald Sun - 3 June 2008

ANZ Bank says the growing housing shortage is setting Australia up for the "mother of all" housing booms....

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12 Months of Growth for Melbourne

REIV- 11 May 2008

REIV data shows that despite the recent reduction in the median price of a home in Melbourne the last twelve months were the strongest in 10 years....

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Through the roof

The Age - 6 April 2008 (Author: Chris Vedelago)

If 2007 was a year of stunning results for the metropolitan property market, then what happened in the inner suburbs was almost too astounding to believe...

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Melbourne rental vacancy drops below 1 per cent

REIV - 20 March 2008

REIV CEO Enzo Raimondo said today that the rental vacancy rate in Melbourne had dropped below 1 per cent for the first time on record in February.

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Property Sales defy rate rises

The Australian - 11 February 2008

HOME buyers appear to have shrugged off the latest interest rate rise with weekend auction clearances up in all state capitals, except Adelaide.

The show of strength in the property market comes as the Reserve Bank is expected to announce today that inflation is going to remain outside its target band for at least the next 12 months.

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Renters being squeezed harder

The Australian Business - 11 February 2008

A CRITICAL shortage of rental properties in the nation's capital cities has led to rocketing rents as landlords pass on the cost of the recent spate of interest rate rises to their tenants.

In most capital cities, the vacancy rate of residential properties is about 1 per cent, and industry analysts expect the market to tighten further in coming months.

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Through the Roof

The Herald Sun - Sunday 24 June 2007 by Tony Rindfleisch

"Melbourne’s median house price juggernaut is set to crash through the $1 million barrier over the next decade"

"The Melbourne median price has climbed from $9700 in 1967 to $380,00 in March this year"

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Investment property to sizzle - Survey

The Sydney Morning Herald - Thursday 21 June 2007 by AAP

"Demand for residential investment property is set to strengthen investors who may have quit the market to take advantage of the superannuation contribution incentive are keen to return, a survey shows"

"Wizard Home Loans says that the number of Australians planning to buy residential investment property in the next 12 months jumped by 13 per cent to 878,000 in March, up from 779,000 in the December quarter"

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Not so Super

The Age - 13th June 2007

"The report by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)"

"The report found that based on current average super balances, those now aged 35 - 44 could expect an average payout at age 60 of $183,000 for men and $93,000 for women"

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