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Property Market Experiences 16.1% Lift
Housing values rose 1.6% in July 2021. This increase takes Australia’s housing values 16.1% higher over the past 12 months and 14.1% higher over the first seven months of calendar 2021. CoreLogic research director Tim Lawless says, “The 16.1% lift in national...
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Property Prices Surge 13.5% In 2020-21; Highest Growth Rate Since 2004
Property prices rose 1.9% in June. All of the capital cities experienced a rise in property values. Perth had the smallest increase, at 0.2%, and Hobart’s 3% was the largest. Sydney had a 2.6% increase while Melbourne had a 1.5% increase. Regional Australia’s 2% price growth...
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Property Still Booming, As Values Rise 2.2% In May
CoreLogic data shows that the home value index for May was up 2.2%. The rise in May was stronger than in April, when prices rose by 1.8%. However, the rise is still weaker than the 32-year-high recorded in March 2021, which was 2.8%. The combined capital city home values...
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Cash Rates Unchanged In June: Investors Moving In
The rapid surge in housing prices throughout 2021 hasn’t affected RBA’s stand on the cash rates. The bank held the cash rates at 0.1 per cent in June and is adamant that it will keep the cash rates low until at least 2023. This has helped in creating a property boom...
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How COVID-19 Has Affected The Regional Property Market
One of the most significant impacts of COVID-19 in Australia has been the ‘working from home’ shift. According to the Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey in February, 41% of people with a job have worked from home at least once a week in February 2021. Before March 2020,...
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The Most Affordable New Cars In Australia Today
error The article was written by Nodifi. To provide you with the best product and services, we partnered with Nodifi to bring you tailored asset finance solutions. Firstly, ‘affordable’ doesn’t have to mean ‘cheap’. We’ve listed cars in different categories...
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How To Get A Car Loan With A Cosigner
error The article was written by Nodifi. To provide you with the best product and services, we partnered with Nodifi to bring you tailored asset finance solutions. Credit lenders can decline loan applicants for a variety of reasons – poor credit history, applicant...
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Off-the-plan Apartments On Demand: A New Trend In The Property Market
Most Australians are being priced out of the housing market as the costs soar high. An increasing number of people are looking at existing apartments or those for sale off the plan as a very viable option. These ‘off the plan‘ purchases are a popular choice among...
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Budget 2021: Support For First Home Buyers & Single Parents
The 2021/22 Federal Budget focuses largely on recovery, to plug remaining gaps in the Australian economy. The 2021 budget is here. It’s the second budget in just six months, following last year’s delayed COVID budget. It has a range of steps to support first-home buyers...
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Is The RBA Powering The Property Boom In Australia?
The RBA announced its Term Funding Facility last year to reduce the funding cost problem across the economy. The funding facility aimed at providing cheap funds, and this was leveraged well by lender banks. Lender banks, because of the cheap funds, were able to attract...
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