Author: Otto Dargan
Interest Rate Buffers Are Going Up, To Bring Debt Levels Down
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) announced that it will increase the interest rate buffers banks use to assess the serviceability of home loans from 2.5% to 3%. The higher buffer rate will be in place from the end of October 2021. It is applicable only...
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Housing Boom Slows As First Home Buyers Priced Out
CoreLogic data shows house values rose 1.5% in September 2021. They are 20.3% higher over the past 12 months. While housing values had been rising at their fastest pace since 1989, the monthly rate of growth is losing steam. The market’s growth rate peaked in March 2021,...
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Banks Now Accept Self-Employed Salary As Income
If you’re self-employed and you get a regular salary from your business, you can now use it as income to apply for a home loan. Before this change, most lenders required self-employed borrowers to provide at least 2 years’ worth of tax returns, financials and...
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How To Buy A House In A Hot Market
The Australian housing market is a hotspot right now. Absorption rates are high, real-estate prices are soaring and inventory levels are low – all indicating a seller’s market. Plenty of buyers remain undeterred. Nearly 598,000 house and unit sales took place across Australia...
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Property Market Still Booming, Affordability Challenges Loom Larger
Australia’s housing market is still on the rise, despite the lockdowns. However, the rate of growth is losing steam and August marked the lowest monthly rise in housing values since January. CoreLogic’s national home value index shows housing values grew 1.5% in August...
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59 Australian Suburbs Where Buying A House Is Cheaper Than Renting
Australian house prices have been rising at their fastest rate in 17 years, making houses more and more unaffordable for first home buyers. Prices increased by 18.4% over the last 12 months, and the Reserve Bank of Australia has estimated a further 17% rise to December 2021....
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Property Market Experiences 16.1% Lift
Housing values rose 1.6% in July 2021. This increase takes Australia’s housing values 16.1% higher over the past 12 months and 14.1% higher over the first seven months of calendar 2021. CoreLogic research director Tim Lawless says, “The 16.1% lift in national...
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NSW & Victoria In Lockdown: What Relief Measures Are Available?
Due to the spike of COVID-19 cases, NSW has extended its lockdown for two weeks until 11:59 pm on 30 July 2021. To keep updated about the latest lockdown restrictions, please visit NSW’s government website. Victoria has extended its current State of Emergency through...
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Property Prices Surge 13.5% In 2020-21; Highest Growth Rate Since 2004
Property prices rose 1.9% in June. All of the capital cities experienced a rise in property values. Perth had the smallest increase, at 0.2%, and Hobart’s 3% was the largest. Sydney had a 2.6% increase while Melbourne had a 1.5% increase. Regional Australia’s 2% price growth...
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Western Australia Is A Strong Choice For The First Home Buyers
According to new research, more than 22,000 new housing loans to first home buyers in Western Australia were approved in the ten months between July 2020 and April 2021, nearly double for the same period the year before. In comparison to New South Wales and Queensland property...
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