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Bottom Found »
2009.03.02 02:01:05 Bottom-end to spark property market recovery Monday, 02 March 2009 While most brokers feel the property market has some way to go before picking up experts say 40 year low interest rates and government incentives have put the wheels in motion for a slow, but real upswing in the property market. Of the 598 respondents to [...]
Profits Fall »
2009.02.26 00:30:29 I read today that the Listed broking group Mortgage Choice had a fall in net profit however they are optimistic about the first half of 2009. Over the six months to 31 December 2008 Mortgage Choice made a net profit after tax of $8.3 million, down 22 per cent on the prior corresponding period the article said. When [...]
Interesting reading from Australia »
2009.02.18 21:44:20 Economic Insights February 11 2009 First home-buyers are back in droves Housing finance; Consumer sentiment The number of new housing loans rose by 6.4 per cent in December. The average new home loan stood at $257,400, up 8 per cent on a year ago. The value of construction loans increased by 9 per cent while loans for the [...]
Headlines. »
Today I took the time to have a look at a few of the headlines that have made their way through to the news over the last few days. It makes for bleak reading mostly but there are the odd good bits of news. Out here on the barrier you would not think there was a global credit crisis or a property market that has just crashed. The big boats [...]