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For those pondering the age old question of whether to rent or buy, it may be of interest to know that having equity in housing is strongly linked to being wealthy. It can even be said that building equity is seen as the main way to accumulate wealth in Australia ...
Based on rental advertisements, the easiest place to find a rental home in Melbourne is in the inner city or inner southeast. Melbourne, St Kilda, South Yarra, Southbank and Docklands have each seen well over 1,000 units advertised for rent in the past year. The central suburb of Melbourne recorded just over 4,000 ...
Unemployment rates released last week reveal that joblessness in Victoria has reached its highest level since January 2002. In his weekly market commentary, Peter Sarmas considers the impact this could have on future interest rate decisions from the RBA ...
National vacancy rates continue their slow rise. Nevertheless, I would like to make a note of warning for CBD locations in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne, where vacancy rates are rising at a very rapid rate. Those who are considering investing in the CBDs of these three cities should be strongly aware of this fact ...
Recent survey results suggest a number of first home buyers are using property negative gearing to enter the housing market. This news comes after AMP Capital’s chief economist Shane Oliver recently encouraged first time buyers to consider negative gearing as a strategy to buy their first property ...
Recent survey results released by Digital Finance Analytics suggest that in the urban cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, those wishing to get on the housing ladder consider traditional requirements such as commute times, local shopping and access to sporting facilities less important now than in 2010 ...