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| UpdatedThe Parliamentary Budget Office investigates a proposal to abolish stamp duty and replace it with a broad-based land tax, adding to a fierce political battle over housing affordability.
Topics: tax, housing-industry, housing, australia
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| UpdatedWestpac will raise its home loan interest rates for investors and owner-occupiers, following a similar move by National Australia Bank.
Topics: banking, housing-industry, australia
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We may be about to see one of the greatest intergenerational hospital passes in Australian history if the Federal Government allows first home buyers to access their super for a deposit.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, superannuation, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, federal-government
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| UpdatedNational Australia Bank lifts home loan rates by as much as a quarter of a percentage point, blaming rising funding costs and increased regulation.
Topics: banking, money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's Reserve Bank may be on hold this year, but the latest US Federal Reserve interest rate hike will push up your mortgage costs.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, banking, housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedWith the Federal Government struggling in the polls, the budget is shaping up as Malcolm Turnbull's last chance to revive his flagging fortunes.
Treasurer Scott Morrison is pinning the government's hopes on addressing housing affordability.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedReal estate investors stand to be hardest hit as banks reprice mortgages to meet tougher regulatory requirements, according to a new report.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, consumer-finance, banking, housing-industry, markets, money-and-monetary-policy, regulation, australia
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Allowing first home buyers to raid their retirement savings to afford a deposit will only further price them out of the market, Australia's superannuation industry says, as the Federal Government refuses to rule out the idea.
Topics: superannuation, business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, federal-government, government-and-politics, housing
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| UpdatedIf you're desperate to get into the housing market, the idea of using your superannuation on a deposit might seem tempting. But it's not as great as it sounds.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, australia
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| UpdatedWould you tap into your retirement savings early if it meant you could afford to buy your own home? It's an option that's been floated before by both sides of government, and today the Assistant Treasurer has left the door open on the idea.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, housing, business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, superannuation, australia
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| UpdatedThe Reserve Bank flags throwing more "sand in the gears" of the housing market, as runaway price rises in Sydney and Melbourne renew bubble fears.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedInvestor lending accelerated to its fastest growth since the bank regulator APRA imposed tough restrictions to slow down lending at the riskier end of the property market.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, banking, regulation, money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, government-and-politics, australia
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Three hundred people pack into the Redfern Community Centre for the first public consultation on the redevelopment plan for the Block but angry protesters force the meeting to be shut down.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, housing-industry, redfern-2016
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government appears to be at odds with the head of one of Australia's largest banks over housing affordability in Sydney and Melbourne.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, house-and-home, lifestyle, government-and-politics, housing-industry, australia, vic
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| UpdatedWe've been here before ... the Victorian Government is cutting stamp duty for first time buyers to give them a leg up, but this has been tried there and elsewhere and it just doesn't work.
Topics: housing-industry, tax, states-and-territories, australia
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| UpdatedLiberal MP John Alexander says his Coalition Government should embrace the sporting motto of "no guts, no glory" when it comes to policies that address housing affordability.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, government-and-politics, australia
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It's not just potential homebuyers feeling the heat of Sydney's soaring prices, a real estate group warns, releasing data showing there has also been a surge in rental demand.
Topics: housing-industry, community-and-society, narrabeen-2101, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedSome property watchers say Sydney and Melbourne are headed into bubble territory. Louis Christopher from SQM Research and Nerida Cornisbee, the chief economist with REA group speaks to Alicia.
Topics: industry, business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, australia
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Set up in 2014 by community organisation Launch Housing, HomeGround is a real estate agency that aims to create more affordable housing by tapping into the large private rental market.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-finance, economic-trends, housing-industry, money-and-monetary-policy, lifestyle-and-leisure, human-interest, australia
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| UpdatedThe Solomon Islands government has endorsed the concept of strata title for land and housing ownership as a way of tackling the housing problem, especially in the capital Honiara.
Topics: community-and-society, housing-industry, pacific, solomon-islands
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| UpdatedDoubling the grant offered to people buying their first home in regional Victoria will help push house prices down, Premier Daniel Andrews says.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing, housing-industry, vic
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| UpdatedThere is a widening of inequality between younger Australians whose parents own a home and those who do not, leaving children without wealthy parents with less opportunities over their lifetime, a new report shows.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, consumer-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, human-interest, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe corporate regulator says it has been investigating up to 11 lenders over their home lending practices, after announcing court action against Westpac.
Topics: banking, regulation, housing-industry, courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, australia
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We talked to two experts about how prices can keep rising, if a price drop is inevitable — and whether it will cause a US-style collapse.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, house-and-home, lifestyle, community-and-society, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedA property investor-driven buying spree is continuing to push home prices higher in Australia's two biggest cities, with Sydney recording its fastest annual growth in more than 14 years.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, australia