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New mortgage products as homebuyers return to the market

Datamonitor's report, Mortgage Products for Australia First Time, has forecasted that with lending commitments to first home buyers totalling $25.7 billion new mortgage products will emerge in the market. The report revealed how the return of first ...

Home loan affordability lowest in over eight years

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Home loan affordability across Australia was at its lowest in more than eight years at the end of 2003, making it even more difficult for first home buyers to enter the property market. During the December quarter of 2003, home loan affordability in ...

Victorian government lifts mortgage tax

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
The Victorian government will lift mortgage stamp duty for first home buyers while retaining the heftier tax levied on property purchase prices. Premier Steve Bracks said the state tax would be dropped from July 1 this year, a reprieve worth up to $200 ...

Home lending falls for first time in almost 12 months: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2003
Home loan approvals fell in October for the first time in almost a year, new figures showed today, driven by a drop in people buying established homes. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said lending increased for building and buying new ...

Australians still hungry for property AMP indicator reveals

Despite the recent fall from grace of property marketer Henry Kaye as well as the plunge of home loan affordability to its lowest recorded level since September 1995, Australia remains as infatuated with property as ever, today's AMP Banking/REIA Home ...

First home buyers housing affordability falls to record low

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
... resulted in a significant increase in the median monthly mortgage repayment of just under $160 for the average first home buyer. Only Hobart recorded improved affordability among the state capitals in the September quarter (up 1.8 per cent). The affordability ...

Robust housing finance figures for September: ABS

The housing sector continued its growth during September with a four percent increase in housing finance for owner occupation registered across Australia during the month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. A total of 62,218 lending ...

Productivity Commission in housing affordability paper for first home buyers

The Productivity Commission has today announced that it had released an issues paper for its inquiry into housing affordability for first home buyers. "The Commission will be taking a close look at how housing markets operate and the reasons for the ...

Median forecast for housing finance by volume predicts flat outcome

The number of home loan approvals has remained steady at record levels in July while the median forecast for Australian housing finance by volume is for a flat outcome but predictions range from a 3.5 per cent rise to a 2% fall. Commonwealth Bank's ...

Housing finance for new dwellings increases 3.2% in May: ABS

Housing finance for owner occupation increased by 3.2 per cent, with 54,333 new dwellings being financed from April to May 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The number of constructions of dwellings dipped by 2.1% to 5,489 whilst ...