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Property investment loans rise again in June: ABS

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2003
... pointing to continued strength in the real estate market. Demand from investors has been blamed for helping to push up house prices, pricing first-time homebuyers out of the market, and the government has ordered a Productivity Commission inquiry. The ...

Local rate cut still possible: ICAP

... Bank of Australia (RBA) will maintain an easing bias through this period, and could even cut rates after August if house prices and credit demand settle. ICAP says US 10-year yields could be as high as five per cent by the end of 2003, and headed even ...

$A at 5-year high after RBA decision

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2003
... economist Dr Ric Simes said the RBA had apparently decided that it had not seen sufficient evidence that credit and house prices may be starting to settle. "Over the next few months, there will be a watching brief on all economic data but especially ...

Australian housing less affordable during March quarter

... respectively over the March quarter. All other states experienced deterioration for the fourth consecutive quarter. Median house prices increased in all capital cities by between 2.2% in Sydney to a significant 12.0% in Hobart for the quarter. Over the ...

RBA may cut interest rates, economy set to weaken: ICAP

... start to cut rates in July or August." "To pull the trigger, it will require some evidence to confirm that credit and house prices are starting to settle," ICAP predicted. "And if the Bank decides to cut, we think that it will limit the cuts to 50bps ...

Wizard adds voice to rate cut predictions

... Australian Reserve Bank will eventually follow," he said. "Australian household debt is now over $540 billion and house prices are still rising, but the failure of the world economy to gain momentum is the key indicator the Reserve will monitor when ...

House prices rise by 3.4% in March quarter: ABS

House prices in Australian capital cities rose by an average of 3.4 per cent in the March quarter, according to figures today released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Brisbane has experienced the steepest rise in prices over the last 12 ...

Retail growth sluggish, house prices remain strong: ABS

... during the last four months, while department stores have enjoyed only moderate growth. But ABS figures revealed that house prices across the country have remained buoyant, with the weighted average of prices across Australia's eight main cities rising ...