FIRST HOME BUYERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE PROPERTY MARKET BECAUSE THEY HELP TO “UNCLOG” THE MIDDLE MARKET. In a normal market first homebuyers are about 20 to 25 percent of the market but they are still running well above that level in some areas. WA Treasury figures show that first home buyer activity […]
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Australian Property Investor Inflation has taken a bigger than expected fall in data released today, placing more pressure on the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates on 18 February. The most politically sensitive data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in some years, with an election looming and mortgage holders under […]
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The West Australian WA will finally introduce mandatory building inspections as part of moves to clean up the construction industry — but the changes will not come into effect until 2026 at the earliest. Even then, only high-rise apartments and commercial builds will be captured by the first tranche of legislation, with single residential homes […]
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