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Rate cuts ease landlords' pain
Published 10 November 2008 10:45AM | source: news.com.au | by Anthony Keane Interest costs on $350,000 variable loan are down almost $550 a month
RBA cut the official interest rate by 75bp last week
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Top 10 tips to avoid landlord hell source: news.com.au
TENANTS from hell, rising loan repayments and persistent maintenance problems can conspire to make landlords feel investing in residential property ... more
Relief for renters Published 20 October 2008 12:00PM | source: heraldsun.com.au RENTERS finally look set to gain some breathing space because of lower interest rates and the possibility of a global recession.
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Generation X is choosing shared accommodation in the name of lifestyle. source: perthnow.com.au REIWA president Rob Druitt said an increasing number of people had decided to rent houses in suburbs such as Cottesloe and Subiaco to take advantage o... more
Rate cut may help with rent Published 17 October 2008 2:28AM | source: news.com.au | by BY SEAN PARNELL AND ANDREW FRASER TENANTS across Australia look set for a short-term reprieve from rising rental prices, with analysts expecting landlords to pass on the benefits of in... more
REIA welcomes First Home Owners Grant announcement source: reiaustralia.com.au The REIA provided its support to the Government’s initiative to double the First Home Owners Grant on existing property, and triple it for new housing... more
Not even last week's interest rate drop is enough to convince Mr Crosby to buy in a falling market. Published 14 October 2008 11:38AM | source: realestate.com.au | by The Australian "They were talking in America about houses halving in value," the 29-year-old Brisbane school teacher said yesterday.
"I heard earlier this year th... more
Big banks move on rates after RBA's shock 1pc cut Published 7 October 2008 6:27PM | source: news.com.au AUSTRALIA'S big banks have moved to cut interest rates on home loans, although all have declined to pass on in full the RBA's shock one percentage poi... more
Property pain for another year Published 6 October 2008 12:01AM | source: news.com.au PROPERTY investors and homebuyers hoping for a revival in the housing market will have to wait another year, according to experts, as property clearan... more
Rental vacancies remain critically low Published 27 September 2008 12:00AM | source: reiv.com.au The rental vacancy rate in Melbourne improved slightly in August, from 1.3 per cent in July to 1.4 per cent. Across regional Victoria the rate remaine... more
Landlords warned on rent hikes Published 24 September 2008 1:03PM | source: news.com.au | by Janet Fife-Yeomans GREEDY landlords have been warned not to exploit Sydney's dire rental squeeze where desperate tenants are vying for only 739 available rental properti... more
City of five million, just 739 homes for rent Published 24 September 2008 2:36AM | source: news.com.au SYDNEY'S rental squeeze has hit a new low with desperate tenants vying for only 739 available rental properties on the market across the whole of the ... more
Tenants just need tender loving care Published 23 September 2008 8:30AM | source: news.com.au TREATING tenants nicely will help property investors avoid damage bills and late rental payments, one of Australia's biggest landlord insurance provid... more
New way to buy property Published 11 September 2008 9:55AM | source: news.com.au | by Maurice Dunlevy BUYING into Australia's $3.2 trillion housing market -- without owning a single property -- will soon be a mouse click away.
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Dodgy agents drive rental bidding wars Published 27 August 2008 7:40AM | source: news.com.au | by Justin Vallejo DESPERATE tenants are being exploited by real estate agents using the housing crisis to drive up rents.
Would-be renters are spending months apply... more
Is your suburb cashflow positive? Published | source: realestate.com.au | by Charlotte Cossar How good is the rental return in your area? New research reveals 45 Australian suburbs are cashflow positive and this is likely to increase with the c... more
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