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Property Prices

Global debt crisis weighs heavy on investors' minds
Your Investment Property Magazine 6/02/2012 1:48:31 PM
Property prices came in second (26%) followed by rental yields (22%). Surprisingly, only 9% of the 209 brokers who took part in the survey picked interest rates as a key factor for investors. “While there's a continual focus on interest rates, ...
Investor signposts – week beginning 5 February 2012
Switzer Financial News 6/02/2012 8:51:00 AM
by Craig James (CommSec) RP Data and Rismark International has published the final data on residential property prices for 2011, so it's worth spending some time looking at the results. Overall, capital city dwelling prices fell by 3.6 per cent in 2011 ...
A city divided
Brisbane Times 5/02/2012 4:25:43 AM
Comedian Justin Heazlewood, of Thornbury, remains a staunch northside rebel and insists the differences run deeper than property prices. ''Southside is shiny, northside is scuzzy. Southside is spiky, northside is side-swept. It's really like the Yarra ...
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Property Activity

Report Analyzes Medical Applications of Nanofiber Adhesives
AZoNano.com 31/01/2012 4:15:52 PM
It also includes major findings concerning top players, major cited patents, collaborative projects, intellectual property activity and much more. Companies mentioned in the report include 3M, Kaist, Procter & Gamble, Boston Scientific, ...
Beijing to stimulate economy as growth heads below 9pc
The Australian 15/01/2012 11:03:54 PM
China's growth is expected to fall quite sharply during the first half this year to 6.4 per cent on a quarter-to quarter basis, thanks to a government-induced fall in property activity and prices, and because of falling exports due to poor economic ...
Year of the Dragon heralds power shift in China
The Australian 15/01/2012 11:03:50 PM
"With exports weakening more visibly and property activity entering wintry conditions in months ahead, we expect GDP growth to slow further to 7.7 per cent in Q1 2012," Wang says. The government has already moved to loosen monetary policy, ...
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Property Development

Merrin Jagtman | 6th February 2012
The Satellite 6/02/2012 4:55:16 PM
A few days after giving birth to her own little masterpiece, baby daughter Harper, Ms Gossner discovered she had won Brisbane's most prestigious new art award, the Metro Property Development and Pearls Australasia Art Competition.
Unhappy Bankwest clients push senate inquiry
Sydney Morning Herald 6/02/2012 8:33:17 AM
"The increase was primarily due to losses from property development lending," she said. "During this period the property development sector generally was under greater pressure due to the GFC and falling property values." But she said the comment ...
South-West native heritage to stay
Perth Now 5/02/2012 4:57:45 PM
Premier Colin Barnett yesterday said that a proposed settlement with Noongar native title claimants would mean "property development, mining, fishing, farming, will all be able to proceed and will not in any way be under threat or disruption or delay ...$1bn native title deal to settle Perth claimsSydney Morning Herald
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Real Estate

First-time homebuyers' common mistakes
Newsday 7/02/2012 4:04:32 AM
Real Estate Newsday > Classifieds > Real Estate First-time homebuyers' common mistakes Published: February 6, 2012 12:49 PM By POLYANA DA COSTA Scripps Howard News irst-time homebuyers face multiple challenges even before they get the house keys: ...
HAVE YOUR SAY: First-home buyers back to Maroondah
Maroondah Leader 7/02/2012 4:01:14 AM
The Real Estate Institute of Victoria figures show median prices fell up to 12 per cent from December 2010 to December 2011. >> Are you having trouble getting into the housing market? Tell us below Treeby First National sales manager Brett Freeman said ...
Crawford Realty wins five prestigious awards
Pilbara Echo 6/02/2012 7:22:47 PM
Crawford Realty, a leading real estate group in the Pilbara, took a large swag of awards at the prestigious AUSNET quarterly awards breakfast recently. AUSNET is the largest selling network of independent real estate agents in Western Australia and ...
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Property Values

Unhappy Bankwest clients push senate inquiry
Sydney Morning Herald 6/02/2012 8:33:17 AM
"During this period the property development sector generally was under greater pressure due to the GFC and falling property values." But she said the comment referred to assessment criteria for future borrowers and did not relate to existing loan ...
Gold Coast back on the road to paradise
The Australian 3/02/2012 11:12:08 PM
"Given how far down property values have gone on the Gold Coast, some people would concede that prices you're paying now are a bit of a bargain, especially if you're considering something for the long term," Kusher says. "But you need to take at least ...
Ticket to high-rise yields as apartments perform better than houses
The Australian 3/02/2012 11:12:04 PM
Last time Brisbane was devastated by floods, in 1974, there was a general 10 per cent decline in property values. I suggested at the start of last year that Brisbane prices would fall because of the latest floods, but probably by less than the 1974 ...
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Property Investment

Global debt crisis weighs heavy on investors' minds
Your Investment Property Magazine 6/02/2012 1:48:31 PM
... have been enticing investors and first time buyers, who are also targeting investment properties as their entry point to the property market.” What are your main concerns as a property investor in 2012? Have your say on our property investment forum.
Westpac slow to adjust repayments
Your Investment Property Magazine 6/02/2012 12:05:57 PM
... more than they need to by the time their new repayment schedule kicks in on March 2. What do you think about the banks' lending practices? Get in touch with investors and experts in the mortgage and finance section of our property investment forum.
Lend Lease in the spotlight
Sydney Morning Herald 4/02/2012 6:30:02 AM
Confusing for investors is that with Lend Lease having been considered a property investment - as a developer, owner and manager of buildings - its acquisition last May of Valemus has pushed it into infrastructure.
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