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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... prices in March review... "It is important for both investors and owner-occupiers to understand that a cyclical upswing in housing prices when interest rates are low cannot continue indefinitely, and they should therefore account for this in their purchasing ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... 5,373. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its Financial Stability Review. The Housing Industry Association (HIA)-Cordell Construction Outlook Breakfast Series features speeches from Westpac chief economist ...

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... own the Kangaroo Island ferries. "We see some near-term growth emerging for companies with exposure to the Australian housing construction sector, our ageing population (retirement and aged care) and various organisations that would benefit from a falling ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... downplayed fears Australian property market is in bubble territory, saying the answer to inflated property prices was more housing.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... putting on 35 cents, or 6.5 per cent to $5.74 after it nearly tripled its net profit on the back of a recovery in the housing market. Lend Lease also started the day in positive territory, as it gained 25 cents to $14.00 after it increased full year ...

Mortgage Choice booms, invests in planners

AAP AND ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
A strong housing market has helped home lender Mortgage Choice deliver its best financial results ever with a record number of loan settlements. The lender's net profit rose 5.8% to $19.8 million in the year to June 30, up from $18.7 million in the ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... lie for now Toto. For now, Goldilocks is back in town in Uncle Sam country. Data out last night show good news on the housing front. Overall US housing starts soared by 15.7% to an annualised 1.093 million units - more than the expected 0.963 mil - following ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.20 (0.43 per cent) to 4,527.51. Fresh US economic data showed a pickup in US housing starts after two slower months, an encouraging sign for the construction sector, and also tepid inflation, with consumer prices ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... China Securities Journal said in a commentary Friday." "The leading securities newspaper said the need to stabilize the housing market is a constraint on a system-wide rate cut but indicated that the government may try to target the cuts, as it has already ...