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HOUSE prices in Australia’s capital cities leapt 1.4 per cent in September, suggesting that recent rate cuts by the central bank are buoying the market. The finding in the latest RP Rismark Home Values Index, released on Tuesday 02/10/2012, was the largest monthly increase since March 2010. On a quarterly basis, house prices in the …
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Chief Economist at the Macro Investor Leith van Onselen shared his 12-month price forecasts for Australia’s capital city housing markets based on consideration of key price drivers: housing finance; housing supply; affordability; and the macroeconomic outlook. Hobart: -7% to -4% Hobart’s housing market has been one of the weakest performers in the nation, declining by …
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Property information group RP Data said more Australia homes are now with negative equity which means more and more Australia home owners are facing the situation that the value of their property is less than the outstanding balance on their home loan. New home owners fared the worst in the report with those owning a home between …
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Stable interest rates and improving economic conditions will drive house prices up by 20% in the next three years, with Perth and Sydney leading the way, a major mortgage insurer says. QBE Lenders’ Mortgage Insurance (QBE LMI), which supports lenders, has forecast price growth of up to 20 per cent in Sydney and Perth by …
Property prices ware up by 4.2 per cent across capital cities in the March quarter, a new survey says. The RP Data – Rismark Hedonic Home Value index, released on Friday, said property prices in the capital cities rose by an average 12.5 per cent in the year to March 31. Rismark chief executive Christopher Joye said …