September 3, 2010

Top-end sellers await end of winter’s chill

Interest rate rises, mining taxes and general winter gloom have seen the market cool

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Top-end sellers await end of winter’s chill

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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Housing finance figures stabilise

Borrowers face tougher mortgage test

LENDERS tighten the screws by lifting the size of rate rises customers must show they can handle.

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Borrowers face tougher mortgage test

Rate rises subdue housing boom

THE Reserve Bank of Australia’s rate rises have pricked the boom in housing prices and have also sent lending to businesses skidding into reverse.

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Rate rises subdue housing boom

Rate rises hit property prices

Perth dwelling prices dropped 0.9 per cent in April as a string of Reserve Bank interest rate increases started to affect confidence among buyers in several markets, according to figures released today.
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Buyers spooked as rate rise bites

AUCTION clearance rates drop by more than 10 per cent as rate rises bit homebuyers’ hip pockets.

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Buyers spooked as rate rise bites

Demand for mortgages continues to slump

MORTGAGE demand slides, suggesting interest rate rises are already starting to bite.

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Property prices up despite rate hikes

PROPERTY prices are continuing their march upwards, unaffected by five interest rate rises, economists say.

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Property prices up despite rate hikes

Experts says housing market can withstand more rate rises – Smart Company (blog)

Experts says housing market can withstand more rate rises Smart Company (blog) David Airey, president of the Real Estate Industry of Australia, says the market still has some time to go before any significant drop in demand or mortgage …

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