Posted
at 28 August, 2004
During a mortgage and advice forum in Sydney this week, Bluestone Equity Release has called on the Government to consider alternative methods such as reverse mortgages to ensure older Australians are able to fund their own retirement rather than rely on G......
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Posted
at 25 August, 2004
Everybody's happy after hearing the latest report from the Property Council of Australia [PCA] because the Gold Coasts overall office vacancy rate dropped to 7.1% which is a significant improvement from the 11.8% a year ago.......
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Posted
at 24 August, 2004
According to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) this week the value and number of new home loans issued fell during the month of June 2004.......
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Posted
at 21 August, 2004
New data released late last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Total new building approvals rose by 1.5% during the June 2004 quarter to 14,713 and approvals for private sector houses also rose by 2.......
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Posted
at 21 August, 2004
A draft ruling by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has cleared the way for; Real Estate Agents, Mortgage Brokers, Banks and Conveyances to offer tax advice to their clients in limited circumstances where the advice is incidental to the service being provid......
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Posted
at 21 August, 2004
As a result of its meeting early in the week the Reserve Bank of Australia has elected to leave interest rates steady again this month. Although the bank gave no reason for its decision to leave rates unchanged many economists believe the combination of t...
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Posted
at 21 July, 2004
Study shows home ownership determines wealth. The National Centre for Social and Economic Modeling at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra has just completed a study on home ownership in Australia and the results indicate home ownership, r...
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Posted
at 15 July, 2004
Economic boom may keep rates low, a panel of 20 leading business and economic forecasters, brought together by The Age newspaper has found Australias current economic boom is set to continue for at least another 12 months.......
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Posted
at 15 July, 2004
According to Master Builders Australia (MBA), the peak body for the building and construction industry, the Australian housing sector is entering an uncertain period but, despite this, the MBA believe there is nothing to suggest the market will experience......
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Posted
at 01 July, 2004
A research study published by the Geneva based Bank of International Settlements said central banks, including the Reserve Bank of Australia, should express their inflation objectives over a longer period, so they have the latitude to increase interest ra......
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