First home buyers give up the dream

RISING interest rates are causing Australians to reconsider their property plans, survey finds.    

Smart buyers factor in rising costs

First-home buyers are treading warily as interest rates continue to rise

Time to move: Reserve Bank must get interest rates back to normal soon – The Australian

Time to move: Reserve Bank must get interest rates back to normal soon The Australian …

Buyers push house prices higher

Demand is up as home owners take the opportunity to upgrade before interest rates rise

House prices set to rise by 8pc

HOUSING prices could increase another 8 per cent this year before rising interest rates take the steam out of the market.

Interest rates on hold

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has surprised economists by leaving official interest rates on hold at 3.75 per cent, partly in response to the fact lenders had already increased their interest rates by more than the central bank.

The state of the market: be aware, not alarmed

The ABS recently reported Melbourne house prices fell 1.7 per cent in the March quarter and BIS Shrapnel warns of interest rates rising to 9 per cent next year.