Author: Otto Dargan
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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Brisbane’s Property Boom – The Best Place To Buy Right Now
Brisbane, in particular, is performing very well and has the potential to outperform Sydney and Melbourne as the two leading cities hit their peaks. In Brisbane, the upmarket suburbs near the city have joined the $1million median house price club after constant price growth....
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The Goldilocks Zone – Where Millennials Are Buying Properties
Millennials are usually kept out of the property market when prices rise because it means they would need a bigger deposit. Since the pandemic has made remote working more common, many Millennials have found they no longer need to reside near Central Business Districts...
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The RBA Holds The Cash Rates Low For Now But Things May Change Soon
Even with the rapid surge in housing prices in the last few months, the RBA held the cash rates at 0.10% again. They have repeatedly insisted that the rates won’t be raised until 2024, and while it holds now, experts think it might change much sooner. “Today’s decision...
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House Values Experience Fastest Growth In 32 Years
CoreLogic’s home value index recorded a 2.8% rise in March 2021 which is the fastest rate of growth experienced by the housing market since October 1988. Sydney and Melbourne’s recovery has finally outperformed many of the smaller cities that were leading the charge...
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