AU Housing News:
Don't bet the house on a property price bubble bursting
Sydney Morning Herald
In 2008 a University of Western Sydney economics professor, Steve Keen, bet Rory Robertson of Macquarie Group that Australian housing prices would slump 40 ...and more » Australia's Bank Bonds Punished on Housing Bubble Concern: Credit Markets
Bloomberg
Australia, a nation of 22.4 million, faces a housing shortage and needs to build about 420000 more homes in the next decade than it did in the last, ...The great housing dilemma
Sydney Morning Herald
According to a recent Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute survey of 1604 older home owners, more than 90 per cent believe their house is the ...and more » 
BigPond News
Reuters
ABC OnlineRed tape the winner
Gold Coast Bulletin News
If you look at the taxes involved in real estate now, it has made Australian housing the most expensive in the world," he said. "It doesn't have to be this ...Australian Housing Affordability Sinks Sharply In 2Q As Rates Rise
Wall Street Journal
SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian housing affordability nudged closer to a record low in the second quarter of 2010 as interest rate increases and rising home ...and more » THE WEEK AHEAD Shane White
Business Spectator
Wednesday will bring housing finance data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with economists not expecting much of an improvement, suggesting the ...and more » Krugman's Lucky To Be An American
Wall Street Pit (blog)
Indeed it still isn't, as Australian housing prices could crash at any time. I've consistently argued that the bubble theory is only useful if it leads to ...
AU Mortgage News
Mutuals mortgage books grow 10%
Sydney Morning Herald
Building societies' home loan books grew by 9.4 per cent to $15.9 billion, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data showed. ...and more » Big four facing heat on deposits
Herald Sun
Latest statistics show domestic banks suffered a fall in income from interest on home loans despite building up their mortgage books. ...and more » Australian mortgage lenders hit by double whammy
Reuters
Securitisation is considered vital in providing competition to Australia's four major banks, which raised their share of the home-loan market to 90 percent ...and more » 
Money AU (blog)High mortgage debt a danger in a downturn: house prices
The Australian
DB argues Australian mortgage loan arrangements result in much less risk than US housing has experienced. Australians' preference for variable rate loans ...and more » Banks to raise interest rates independent of the RBA?
yourMortgage.com.au
However, he said that it's the banks that have the industry really worried, as there are fears that lenders will soon increase mortgage interest rates ...and more » Scarce cash to hit home
Herald Sun
The group offloaded some home loans to the Commonwealth Bank and sold out of what was then Wizard Home Loans. With $9 billion in assets, the remaining ...and more » Home loans sink to a nine-year low
Sydney Morning Herald
Update The number of home loans in Australia has fallen to a nine-year low, in the latest sign of emerging weakness in the nation's housing market. ...Reverse mortgages: badly judged or just misunderstood?
Money Management
“The typical rate of interest applied to the loans is higher than the average rate of interest on residential home loans and is currently around the 7.5 to ...Next Week At A Glance
Ninemsn
There will also be July home loan data released and on Thursday it's unemployment day. Having left the results season behind this week we're beginning to ...and more »
Home loan market on mend: RBA
Posted On 31 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
ERIC JOHNSTON
IMPROVEMENTS in funding markets are starting to help stir competition in the mortgage market, the Reserve Bank says.
The central bank's assistant governor, Guy Debelle, said alternative funding sources such ... Continue Reading
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Fringe dwellers top property gains
Posted On 12 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
So much for location, location, location.
All but one of the top 10 performing property markets in Australia over the past decade are anything but central.
Topping the list is Oakdowns, a ... Continue Reading
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Investors fear bubble will pop
Posted On 11 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
The great Australian dream ... but the housing market remains tight and prices high. Photo: Peter Braig
ANALYSIS
WHEN the chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank, Ralph Norris, recently caught up with ... Continue Reading
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Experts banking on $50 a month interest rate rise
Posted On 11 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
By Karina Barrymore - The Advertiser
Experts expect the Reserve Bank to hike
Cash rate would become 4 per cent
Extra $44 a month on a $300k mortgage
Taxpayer jackpot: $1bn lottery sale
BATTLING home owners ... Continue Reading
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Prized Sydney wetlands under threat of bulldozers
Posted On 11 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
Habitat lost ... Kangaroos grazing at old ADI site at St Marys / Pic: Tracee Lea Source: The Daily Telegraph - Vikki Campion
BULLDOZERS are about to raze critically endangered bushland ... Continue Reading
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Demand for home loans slumps in January
Posted On 11 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
Economists surprised as new home loans fell for the fourth month in a row / File
Surprise drop in demand for mortgages
Loans to first-time buyers down 21pc
Four RBA hikes hurting demand
DEMAND ... Continue Reading
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Insulation chaos – this family’s life left in the ashes
Posted On 10 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
Dodgy work ... the Roklicer family inside their damaged home / Pic: Melvyn Knipe Source: The Daily Telegraph
AN insulation company accused of causing one of the almost 100 house fires ... Continue Reading
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An expert gives tips on how to make the perfect rental property
Posted On 10 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
APPLYING for rental properties can be extremely frustrating, especially after a few knockbacks. As a property manager, people often ask me what am I doing wrong? My answer? Probably nothing.
In ... Continue Reading
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Triple whammy hits potential home buyers
Posted On 10 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
Rising interest rates and tougher lending conditions have curbed many potential buyers' plans / Sam Mooy Source: The Australian, Colin Brinsden - AAP
Nearly 30pc put off buying plans
Lack of savings reason ... Continue Reading
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House prices soar in city’s hot suburbs
Posted On 06 Mar 2010 By admin. Under meHouse News.
Anne Wright - Herald Sun
Some of Melbourne's hottest suburbs have seen average house prices skyrocket by more than $500,000 in a year / File Source: HWT Image Library
SOME of Melbourne's ... Continue Reading
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