By Larry Schlesinger Tuesday, 14 May 2013 First-home buyers continue to stay on the sidelines of the housing market with economists noting the flow-on effect this is having for the wider housing market recovery. In addition the different incentives on offer in state and territory housing markets and with different expiry dates, is distorting the [...]

AVERAGE mortgage repayments have leapt by 105 per cent over the past decade but wage increases have failed to keep up. Australians are putting much larger chunks of their budgets towards meeting their home loan costs than they were 10 years ago – some states have seen repayments climb by up to 152 per cent. [...]

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  SPLIT home loans are far more functional than pernickety. They allow for the extra flexibility that can be crucial over the life of a loan. Most people think that a loan split is only for customising a combination of a variable rate and fixed rate home loan in one. That is only part of [...]

FOREIGN investment in Western Australia’s property market has doubled in recent years, with experts fearing it is adding to the rising cost of real estate. Latest data from the Foreign Investment Review Board shows that overseas investment in WA properties increased from 368 in 2009-10 to 877 in 2011-12. Real estate agents said about one [...]

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