August 1, 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

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 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

First home buyers run from rate rises

Within three days of the Reserve Bank of Australia lifting the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.0 per cent last week, 26 lenders had passed on interest rate rises on 175 home loan products, according to financial comparison website RateCity.

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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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Australian housing market fares well, despite tough times – NEWS.com.au

Australian housing market fares well, despite tough times NEWS.com.au Real Estate Institute of Australia president David Airey said that despite the prospect of further interest rate rises this year, he was optimistic buyers … and more