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Productivity Commission in housing affordability paper for first home buyers

... 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 recent surge in prices," ...

Median forecast for housing finance by volume predicts flat outcome

... Australia was being funnelled away from other investment options like blue-chip shares into property but that fewer first home buyers were seeking finance. The proportion of first home buyers hit a record low in June. Mr Workman said that the group of ...

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

... established dwellings recording an increase of 3.8% to 47,231. The ABS said that 14.4% of all loans were to first home buyers, which is the lowest percentage since July 1991, while 7.2% of all loans were fixed interest rate for two years or longer (up ...

Refinancing of existing housing loans hits record high: ABS

... reduction of 2.4% from March and higher by 2.9% compared to last year. The ABS said that 14.8% of all loans were to first home buyers, continuing the general decline of the past year, while 6.9% of all loans were fixed interest rate for two years or ...

Housing finance rises 2.6% to 53,373 in March 2003: ABS

... two months, or a 5.4% increase over the previous 12 months. The ABS also said that 15.2% of all loans were to first home buyers, continuing the general decline of the past year, while 6.1% of all loans were fixed for two years or longer (up from 5.6% ...

New dwellings financed increase by 0.1% in February: ABS

... that the average loan value was $168,400, slightly less than the January figure and 15.5% of all loans were to first home buyers, which reflected a continuous decline of the past year, while 5.6% of all loans were fixed for two years or longer (down ...