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Additional $4000 Grant for First Home Buyers Credit Unions Gaining Market Share Perth First Home Buyers Market Down

Additional $4000 Grant for First Home Buyers

Credit Unions Gaining Market Share

Perth First Home Buyers Market Down

The Queensland Government will give an additional $4000 grant to first home buyers in areas outside of south east Queensland. Read More

May 29 3:12 AM EST

One in every ten borrowers are now using a mutual bank for home loan, according to Abacus, the organization representing the Australian mutual sector... Read More

May 25 10:22 AM EST

The end of the first-home owners grant, coupled with unrelenting interest rate hikes concludes into the collapse of Western Australia’s first home buy... Read More

May 24 4:19 PM EST
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Queensland First Home Buyers, Lowest in 6 Years

May 21 10 2:55 PM EST

Number of first home buyers in Queensland drops to 13%, the lowest in six years.
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First home buyers cautious

Oct 19 09 11:19 AM EST

With fresh interest rate rises coinciding with the scaling back of the first home owner grant, the housing market is set for an interesting few months...
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No concern over building approval falls

Sep 30 09 3:56 PM EST

ABS data shows reduced home loan approvals for first time in three months but economists are not concerned.
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No big rush on grants

Sep 23 09 3:45 PM EST

Australia's housing market has not seen a last minute rush in first home buyers, despite the grant winding down from next month.
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Housing markets watch and wait

Sep 21 09 6:02 PM EST

As the first home owner boost is set to be reduced gradually back to the original level, the housing market is getting nervous.
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Record number to own first home

Sep 14 09 11:00 AM EST

First time home owners set new record as new data shows 200,000 Australians are expected to own a home for the first time this year.
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Why the decline in housing finance?

Sep 10 09 2:52 PM EST

A dip in home loan approvals during July indicates that first home buyers are less keen to buy.
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No worries at Aussie

Sep 9 09 1:57 PM EST

Aussie Home Loans boss John Symond says people will not necessarily be worse off when the First Home Buyers Grant is cut later this year.
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Slow but steady first home buyer market

Sep 4 09 1:13 PM EST

Monthly breakdowns indicate the amount of people taking advantage of the more generous grant is shrinking.
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Keystart asks for bigger deposit

Sep 4 09 12:59 PM EST

Keystart Loans has announced it will hike the deposit it requires from first home buyers from 2 per cent to 4 per cent.
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