September 3, 2010

Clean-up done, GPT ready for action again

MICHAEL Cameron admits there has been little point in focusing on growth over the past 15 months.

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Clean-up done, GPT ready for action again

Keep purchase records of rental property inventory in the case of theft

Rental property theft claims under landlord insurance policies have increased by 42 per cent over the past year, according to Terri Scheer Insurance.

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Keep purchase records of rental property inventory in the case of theft

House prices to be hit by slowdown

SYDNEY and Melbourne house prices have gone through the roof over the past year.

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Foreign punters spooked by perky property market

OVERSEAS bank investors are becoming increasingly jittery about Australia’s housing market. Bank analysts are fielding calls from overseas-fund managers about the sustainability of a surge in prices over the past …

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Housing finance figures stabilise

Housing finance figures are starting to stabilise after a soft beating from interest rate rises over the past nine months, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

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Investors are the only source of growth in property market

INVESTORS are the only source of growth in the housing market, and rising stocks of unsold houses suggest the outlook for house prices is souring. The level of demand for housing by owner-occupiers remains weak, with the number of new mortgages taken out in May dropping by 0.7 per cent and now 26.9 per cent below the peak reached last September

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First homebuyers forced to save for longer

Housing affordability has continued to deteriorate over the past year, with a new report finding first homebuyers now need four and a half years to save for a house deposit.

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First homebuyers forced to save for longer

REIQ confirms that Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast no good for investors

The latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of Queensland have confirmed the status of the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast as the worst performers in the state. The REIQ’s figures for the five years to March 2010 show that the Sunshine Coast has recorded the lowest growth in its median house of all the locations covered in the report. The Gold Coast, with just 25% growth in its median house price in five years, is only marginally better than the Sunshine Coast’s 21%.

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Housing construction to slow by mid 2011

THE recovery in building new homes is expected to stall in 2011, the peak residential construction body says.

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Sellers yet to “wake up” to the fact property market has cooled: Experts

Despite falling clearance rates, sellers are still putting properties on the market in the hope they’ll be able to cash in on the dramatic price increases recorded over the past …

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