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Heat off rates in soft end to boom

Australian House Hunters — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:51:00 +0000

Australia’s property market boom is over and house values went backwards for the first time since the global financial crisis, new figures show.

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Balmain seeks finance back-up

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000

MICHAEL Holm has seen the volume of development funding drop by 80 per cent since the global financial crisis.

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Mandatory Disclosure transition report – Jones Lang LaSalle

Australian House Hunters — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:43:28 +0000

Reports – 20 July 2010 – With the initial phasing in of mandatory disclosure laws commencing in October, Global real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle has issued a report …

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Banks tighten lending criteria

Australian House Hunters — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:50:07 +0000

In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, local banks found it harder to access credit from overseas money markets and reacted by tightening lending criteria.

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Alternatives sought to acquire home loan deposit

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:57:57 +0000

The use of gifts and family equity have become more popular ways of securing a deposit for a home loan since the global financial crisis, according to Loan Market.

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Crown on the rise as slump stalls rivals

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000

SYDNEY’S Crown International has expanded during the global financial crisis, filling gaps in the apartment market left by big developers.

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REITs bounce back

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0000

AUSTRALIA’S listed property trusts have overcome their bad performance during the global financial crisis, trumping the equities market.�

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Australia’s property market rated the most transparent in the world

Australian House Hunters — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:49:24 +0000

Australia’s property market is the most transparent with investors given comprehensive and regular access to data regarding rents, prices and valuations, the new Jones Lang LaSalle 2010 Global Transparency Index …

Justin Beeton’s JB Global sees value in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway – The Australian

Tue, 25 May 2010 01:37:37 +0000

Justin Beeton's JB Global sees value in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway The Australian “Fundamentally the US economy and real estate looks positive.” The interest rate for the Berkshire Hathaway and ASX 200 fund is higher at 4.95 per cent, … and more��

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JB Global launches property fund – InvestorDaily

Sun, 23 May 2010 16:48:19 +0000

JB Global launches property fund InvestorDaily The JB Global US Real Estate Investment offers investors exposure to a sector that was at the epicentre of the global financial crisis, but without the …

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