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Home loans to investors fall to lowest level in 12 months
Tough new regulations are pushing investors out of the housing market and allowing first-home buyers to creep back in, figures show.
Eryk Bagshaw is an economics reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
Tough new regulations are pushing investors out of the housing market and allowing first-home buyers to creep back in, figures show.
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