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| UpdatedSix months on from a bank clampdown on foreign lending, tens of thousands of Chinese property investors are struggling to pay for their off-the-plan apartment purchases.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, scott-morrison, government-and-politics, federal-government, industry, foreign-affairs, australia, china
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A Brisbane couple are epitomising the trend towards smaller and more sustainable homes, living in a house not much bigger than a caravan in their friend's backyard.
Topics: house-and-home, community-and-society, housing-industry, architecture, brisbane-4000, australia, red-hill-4059
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Curtailing access to negative gearing on investment property could contribute to reducing Australia's budget deficit and securing the AAA credit rating, argues a former RBA board member.
Topics: budget, economic-trends, tax, housing-industry, australia
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The NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes has broken ranks with his federal Liberal Party colleagues on the issue of negative gearing, arguing the rules should change to help ease Sydney's housing affordability crisis.
Topics: tax, housing-industry, liberals, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedSenior New South Wales Minister Rob Stokes speaks out against his federal Liberal Party colleagues on the issue of negative gearing, arguing the rules should change to help ease Sydney's housing affordability crisis.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, liberals, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAustralia has more than two million landlords yet thousands of properties are sitting empty. So is it possible for owners to claim tax benefits by leaving them that way?
Topics: housing-industry, house-and-home, housing, government-and-politics, sydney-2000
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A decrease in listed rental properties in WA signals a return from the drastic oversupply of earlier this year.
Topics: housing-industry, perth-6000
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Topics: housing, housing-industry, banking, globalisation---economy, mining-industry, mining-rural, kambalda-6442
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WA Housing Minister Brendon Grylls says policies requiring prospective homebuyers to cough up deposits of 30 per cent in mining towns across Australia are a "hangover" from the mining boom.
Topics: banking, housing-industry, housing, regional, kalgoorlie-6430
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Topics: housing-industry, house-and-home, globalisation---economy, banking, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedThe International Monetary Fund praises Australia for maintaining better economic growth than other developed nations, but argues more could be done to minimise housing sector risks.
Topics: economic-trends, housing-industry, budget, tax, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedTrying to buy a house in Hobart? Gen Ys are not the only ones finding it hard to get into the market as it heats up.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedAn IMF research paper shows higher property taxes contribute to less volatility in house prices, limiting both booms and busts.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, tax, australia, united-states
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Incitec Pivot reports a 68 per cent slump in profit, hit by tough global conditions, while paint maker Dulux reports a solid 5 per cent increase in full-year profit to $125 million.
Topics: company-news, business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, australia
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Australia's multi-year construction boom engineered by the Reserve Bank to stimulate the property market is coming to an end, private sector data shows.
Topics: housing-industry, building-and-construction, australia
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| UpdatedCommentators extolling the virtue of extreme frugality to save for over-priced housing generally neglect the economic consequences of collective individual austerity, writes Michael Janda.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, consumer-finance, australia
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| UpdatedGen Y can still afford a house, even in the expensive Sydney and Melbourne markets, but it will take sacrifices, argues Andrew Robertson.
Topics: housing-industry, consumer-finance, youth, australia
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| UpdatedHaving recessionary, historically low interest rates creates distortions in the economy and is creating a big cost for hundreds of thousands of younger Australians.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedOne of Australia's most experienced property analysts is forecasting continued double-digit price gains for Sydney and Melbourne property next year, increasing the risk of a 2018 bust.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedDwelling approvals fall 8.7 per cent, as a payback in the booming but volatile apartment sector offsets a gain for more stable detached house construction.
Topics: building-and-construction, housing-industry, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedAmid the emotional debate around property bubbles and unaffordable housing, there are sound financial reasons to become a home owner.
Topics: housing-industry, consumer-finance, australia
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| UpdatedHome prices in Australia's big east coast cities show no sign of slowing, with the latest CoreLogic figures pointing to an average 0.5 per cent gain across the nation last month.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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Shortly before they are off and running in Melbourne for the Cup, the Reserve Bank board will be considering interest rates, contemplating something else that's off and running - the east coast housing market.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, banking, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's banking sector is at risk of a mass credit rating downgrade as Standard & Poor's warns surging debt and home prices are creating potential economic imbalances.
Topics: banking, economic-trends, housing-industry, australia
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While the Reserve Bank is expected to keep interest rates steady, new regulations are likely to see mortgage rates go up or home loan discounts be cut.
Topics: banking, housing-industry, consumer-finance, australia