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• How to Manage a Financial Windfall

  

  Using a windfall to your financial benefit by paying off debts is essential, according to finance expert Mark Bouris. Anyone who gets a large sum of money should start with the worst of their debts, s...Full article

  Posted on 14 May 2013

• Hong Kong Property Prices Set to Fall

  

  Hong Kong real estate prices are about to fall as the city’s biggest banks move to increase home loan mortgage interest rates, according to a report by The Sydney Morning Herald. Prices are expe...Full article

  Posted on 14 May 2013

• Property Agent in Rockhampton Says Now is the Right Time to Buy

  

  Rockhampton real estate agent John Neumann is purchasing property in his local area now and believes that now is a great time to invest in the Rockhampton housing market. Nuemann also said that it was...Full article

  Posted on 14 May 2013

• HIA: 40% of Housing Prices Comes from Extra Charges

  

  The Housing Industry Association (HIA) said that 40% of the cost of new homes in Adelaide is made up of taxes, levies and charges. The findings have been revealed in a report that the HIA commissioned...Full article

  Posted on 10 May 2013

• Big Bank Dominance Goes Uncontested by ACCC

  

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) came under fire last week after it allowed the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s acquisition proposal to buy out the remaining 67% of Aus...Full article

  Posted on 16 Apr 2013

• Rising Property Prices Not Equal to Market Comeback

  

  Positive predictions about the market’s health by Property Monitors and BIS Shrapnel, based on a rise in proerty prices, are out of tune with the current economic situation. According to the Aus...Full article

  Posted on 15 Apr 2013

• Improve Your Mortgage Chances in Six Simple Steps

  

  Banks and building societies have said that they expect to make mortgages more available in 2013. Lenders have tightened their criteria’s in recent years but there are a few simple ways to help your...Full article

  Posted on 13 Mar 2013

• Rate Cuts Can’t Save Fall In Home Loan Approvals

  

  Despite the Reserve Bank’s interest rate cuts, home loan approvals fell for the third consecutive month in December. Economists had expected the number of those applying for home loans to stay uncha...Full article

  Posted on 13 Mar 2013

• Paid Off Home Loan Numbers for Colorado Increase

  

  The number of home loans paid off in Colorado was up in 2012 compared with that of the previous year. Paid off home loans increased over 49% in the final quarter of 2012 when compared with the same pe...Full article

  Posted on 12 Mar 2013

• New Zealand Proposal to Dampen High Credit Growth

  

  New proposals by the New Zealand government will make it harder for the average New Zealander to get bigger home loans. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is considering options to restrict the number an...Full article

  Posted on 12 Mar 2013