August 1, 2010

‘Hike in key policy rates won’t affect realty sector’

Realty consultants and developers say that the hike in key policy rates by the Reserve Bank will not have a significant impact on the property sector.

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‘Hike in key policy rates won’t affect realty sector’

‘Hike in key policy rates won’t affect realty sector’

Realty consultants and developers say that the hike in key policy rates by the Reserve Bank will not have a significant impact on the property sector.

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‘Hike in key policy rates won’t affect realty sector’

India: Realty firms ECB end-use under lens; tighter norms coming

From Indianexpress.com: Real-estate companies, which have firmed up plans to access foreign loans and route the money to activities where its use is barred, are in for trouble. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and department of industrial policy and

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Homeowners’ hopes high for no-change rates decision

Homeowners will closely watch the Reserve Bank’s decision today, with economists tipping no change to official interest rates, even as global markets weaken. A majority of economists polled by Bloomberg forecast the RBA would keep interest rates steady

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India: RBI to launch house start index to gauge realty sector

From Indiatimes.com: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon launch a house start index, which will help gauge activity in the construction sector that employs a significant chunk of the country’s labour force. The index is expected to give an

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Homeowners ‘living on rice’ to pay mortgage

There are claims that Australians suffering mortgage stress are living on rice so they can avoid the shame of losing the family home. In a study partly supported by the Reserve Bank, University of Western Sydney researchers interviewed people suffering

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ASB lifts interest rates – first bank to move

ASB Bank has become the first of the big retail banks to increase mortgage rates after the Reserve Bank hiked the Official Cash Rate by 0.25 percentage points last week.It has lifted its floating rate from 5.75 per cent to 6 per…

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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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Confidence in housing market weakens

Confidence in the housing market has weakened as people await details of expected tax changes in the Budget on May 20 and the start to a series of interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank.ASB’s quarterly survey of sentiment in…

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Bernard Hickey: Seismic shift in the market

The instinctive reaction of home owners when interest rates start rising is to lock in for a long fixed term.

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