Recent Posts Tagged With 'first'

• When families buy together

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 06:57 in family, real estate, property, home, loans, investing, buying, first, buyers, together, families

  With affordability at its lowest level on record, first-home buyers have to think outside the square. The home-ownership dream rarely used to feature a sibling in your bathtub and a parent on your certificate of title. But these days, first-home buye...

• First homebuyers improve rental vacancy rates

  Posted on Saturday May 16th, 2009 at 21:43 in real estate, home, melbourne, improve, victoria, first, rental, buyers, rates, vacancy, suburbs, outer

  Melbourne’s outer suburb vacancy rates have improved from 0.7 per cent to 1.8 per cent in the past six months, according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria’s April vacancy rates. The vacancy rate across Melbourne is reasonably stead...

• Investors to wait and watch

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 01:11 in real estate, property, home, investing, investment, first, buyers, goverment, grant, inverstors

  It would seem all the stars are aligned: low rates, population growth, low vacancy rates, strong rents and a shortage of housing in most capitals. Since late 2008, the number of loans to first home buyers has substantially outweighed those to existin...

• House price rise bucks global trend

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 01:08 in housing, home, house, trends, global, price, trend, first, buyers, rise, grant

  The value of Australian homes increased in the first quarter, bucking a global trend downwards, according to a report recently issued. House and flat prices in Australia increased in value by 1.6% in the first three months of the year, according to R...