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WA's best places to invest
Housing shortage to exceed 70,000 by 2020: report
Household finances worsen as rates rise
Recovery riding on housing high
Huge land bank puts squeeze on buyers
US housing expert has some home truths
Surging house prices herald two rate rises
Australia faces housing affordability 'time bomb': developer
RBA leaves options open for next board meeting
Shed a light on the subject
Reduce and recyle when you're building
How to get the most out of your home
Kensington enjoys red-letter auction day
Reserve should nip rising house prices in the bud
The outer limits
High-rise push to halt urban sprawl
Lessons from the US
Falling prices rattle foundations of home demand
Banking on the right move
We loved them, yeah yeah yeah
Temple of Aussie art
Housing starts surge most since 2001
Homes need a breath of fresh air
Glamour from a gritty past
Make a splash in rural peace
Dip in a toe or just take the plunge
Royal pomp and ceremony
When the world is his studio
First impressions count
The magic billion in just one week
Valley's edge
The big cover-up
Bars open, property up: arise the 'new Paddington'
Affordability's the big attraction in Botany
Residents on record
Closing ceremonies
Money for nothing
Fringe dwellers top property gains
4500 new affordable rental properties for Victoria
Billions gouged by the big banks
Record number of homes takes gloss off auction prices
Private land to be seized for housing
Mortgage pain on the increase
Brisbane house prices fast-catching Sydney
House-price surge warning
Investors fear housing bubble will pop
Housing market shows signs of cooling
Home lending fall may prompt rate rise pause
WA home loans will bounce back: builders
Home loans to take dive of the decade
Govt restricts first home-owners grants
Cash-back home loans
RBA warns home prices could go higher
Should we make extra loan repayments?
Is my retirement viable?
I am moving into our investment property and plan to buy another can you explain the tax situation?
Queensland rents rise - but there's a reason
Price recovery affects suburbs at every level
Putting the house in order
Median house price surges past $500,000
Industrial revolution
Banking on a rate rise
Property sale CGT
Buy own home first
Why mortgage stress won't result in lower house prices
Planning delays worsen homes shortage
What's a block of land worth? It depends who you listen to
$25m house price: a record
Green bins coming - but they'll cost you
Or you could snap up 300 houses in Detroit
Wooden windows are a cool option
Demand but no supply as prices head north
NAB joins other banks in matching RBA
'It ain't over yet': economists
Interest rates jump
Punters say no rate rise; money men say it's on
Buyers are flocking to the north and west
Home owners face mortgage hit
Clear the air and breathe easier at home
Eureka! Striking it rich in Ballarat
Agents: Making buying & Selling easier
10 tasks before you make an offer
New home sales leap in January
Types of loans
Fixed or variable?
Tailored for a snug fit
Choose the right home loan
Record weekend as buyers battle it out at auctions
Brace for more rates pain
Australia's housing market bounces back as others lag
Home prices extend their run-up
New suburb mooted for raceway
House prices hit pothole
Fringe benefits
Pay peanuts for property gold
Mortgage Choice tips property investors' return
Australia's mortgage debt blow-out
Stop sulking, first home buyers
There's just one WA housing bargain left
Dark side of 'expert' help
Fast-track your home deposit
Spare change can liberate your mortgage
Should I invest in Melbourne property?
Is it better to put all our money in a term deposit or in a loan offset account?
The big squeezy: PM's population plan questioned
Brisbane slumps while southern cities soar
Last year's results among the best
Compulsory bunkers 'could save many lives'
Scheme not paying the rent
Blow to low-cost housing scheme
Housing frenzy poised to roll on
Home truths hit first-timers
Totally tanked but so well hidden you'd never know
Time to LED there be low-energy light
Building community over the fence
Buyers more than a match for year's first real test
Property holds its ground
Perth first home affordability plunges
Big value in small spaces
Catchment if you can
Suite and sour
Housing affordability hits the wall
Grant cuts and rising rates keep out first-time buyers
Property boom: a strong tip to put your house on
Homeowners, brace for more rate rises
Haven sent
First-timers dropping out of mortgage market
Does capital gains have to be applied directly to a new investment property?
Should I redraw from my home loan to ensure the lowest interest rate?
Don't get out of your depth
The worst of the rate rises is behind us, says Reserve
Rents in outer suburbs rise 9.4%
Web alert - warning on 'crazy' house prices
Predicting when the property bubble will pop is bad for your mental health
Scrap stamp duty for first home buyers: REIV
Fringe benefits
Ooh, ah, even kookaburra is happy
Happy days are here again but tread with caution still
Address for success
Demand for units in suburbs soars
Plenty of off-field action
Cover up in summer to keep your cool
It's high time for St Kilda
Peace of the action
Unwelcome guests
Moodiness of muddy waters
Trends lay the way for big imprint
North shore tops auction sales with 100% clearance
Mortgage stress to spread
Housing fast-track angers residents
Take pride in your vanity
A lesson before you lease
Rising interest rates drive mortgage delinquencies
How you'll manage
Confidence down despite rates reprieve
The hit parade
A promising period
When dream homes become a nightmare
Jobless fall signals higher rates
House prices surge ahead of rate rises
East Keilor: land of the affordable $1m house
Renters beware: it's the decade of the landlord
Rates to fight housing booms
Fuse lit, it's off like a rocket in Yarraville
Building wealth with property
Rates set to jump, regardless of RBA: experts
Cheaper ways to chill out over summer
More than an upstairs backyard
Strong start to 2010 as bidders come out in force
No lions or witches, but check out the wardrobe
Perth smashes property price record
All decked out — but is yours safe?
A bonus is a must, says the real estate crowd
Reclaim your green space
A time of confidence and patriotism
Makeover by mouse
Shades of things to come
Join the queue
Rise of the investor
Deal with Mr Angry
Getting a toehold in the market
When buying off the plan turns out to have an unplanned downside
Off to a good start
$6m will buy you this Gold Coast view
Now this is interesting
WA has 'strongest housing recovery' in nation
Bubble trouble for the RBA
Houses for $75,000? What a difference a decade makes
Perth house prices surge to end the year
Rates hold but are set to climb
Mortgage market under pressure as rising rates spook buyers
Bank's blamed for rates hike hold off: Reserve
Rates on hold
RBA on housing: told you so
One-bedder fetches record
Rate rise a 'risk' to recovery
Rents tipped to rise but returns will fall
$455,000 - that's thinking outside the beach box
House prices to take a breather after leap
Coburg bidding war to rival Open action
Going places: what's hot in 2010
Baby steps to a smaller footprint
Boom time maybe — a unique year, certainly
Three of the best: Newtown
Art of compromise
How to spend your $450,000
Doing the legwork
Dancing on a high wire
Housing loans lift lending
House price rises to weather rate hikes: report
Making gains on a getaway
Handouts for first-home buyers
Affluent suburbs lead new rise in house prices
Brisbane, coast homes among world's most unaffordable
Prepare for rates, inflation pain
Median house price up by record $70,500
Emerald city held to ransom by state padlock on greenfields: survey
Home price rises worth the wait
Offshore escapes
Oversupply hits Lilyfield auction
House rents set to rise again
Dangerous games
The next waves
Tide turns on the coast
Retro living by the sea
Perfect way to float your boat
Rural charmer with olive twist
Median house prices rise by record $75,000
House sales on the boil as confidence returns
Art and soul
The coast is clear for a bargain
The rubble we've seen
Jolimont unwanted as state suffers housing fall
Consumers shrug off rate rises
Indicators point to rates going up again
That oh so elusive dream
Housing approvals still falling
Vacancy rates paint mixed rental picture
Road to renovation
Owning rental property is not always a bed of roses
Buyers beware in rush for a home
Race on as keen buyers chase too-few properties
How to spend your $450,000
Court in the spotlight
Surf's up, but not the price
Good news travels fast
Natural selection
Strata horror-scope
A developing interest
Design you can afford
Perth rents set to soar past $400 a week
Can I use my super to build a new house, sell our current house and contribute the amount back into super?
Fewer buying first homes as grants are phased out and interest rises
Tenants warned of steep rent increases
RBA rate rises hit home
Number of home loans fall
A dream delayed: First-home buyers get older
Madden fast-tracks 38-level tower for suburbs
Title deeds: 2009's winners and losers
No shortage of excitement in year of the decade
Buyers head back to the beach
Love thy neighbour - The great divide in our suburbs
Land ho! The outlook for property
Where to find the best buy for your bucks
Rents set to rise as land values soar
Show me the money
$18 million bargain Queensland's top property
Parents' property help could harm
Home buyers hit brick wall, again
Home approvals off the boil
House prices on the rise but new building approvals dip
'Red hot' property sector points to rate rise
Developers urge action on urban-fringe levy bill
Westpac customers walk over rate rise
New home sales rise - just
Room at the top now a home with a view
Property big spenders to lose first home grant
Ipswich tipped for 2010 property boom
Perth properties quickest to sell
Planning requests down but value up
Beachfront owners left high and dry by planning changes
Perth knocks Sydney off top of property charts
Mortgage owner at risk of default
Short-term solutions
Living in the future, with under-harbour views
Raise a glass: hotels snapped up for apartments
Perth property prices 'back at boom levels'
Times were good, but even better in Mosman
Housing boom spreads
Rate rises now on hold, says Reserve
Crying poor? Count your rooms and houses, and think again
Cheaper mortgages are out there
Rates 'too low' for an expanding economy
How can I reduce capital gains tax?
The cost of loans
The killers within: how our homes are making us sick
Reserve may put brake on rate rises
The big squeeze
A happy new year for the vendor
Don't be a drip: use water wisely
House calls: what to expect in 2010
Wheel turns as the house hunt keeps on heating
A timely Christmas carol
AMP Capital Investors selling out of Phillip Island site
A Christmas poem
The units we had to have
Relics of an effluent society
Whale watch at Coffs
All I want for Christmas ...
Kitchens in the open air, sink and all
Agent of change
The spice of life
Sale of the year: family gets $8m for Bondi penthouse
Record December for auctions hints at strong start to new year
Thorny issue for borrowers
Home rates 'to hit 8.5%'
Abbott hints at bank regulation as interest rise bites
Rush of new builds points to housing construction boom
Bennett mansion sold for Australian record price
Is there a way we can reduce our mortgage quicker?
18,000 Qld homes needed each year
Mortgage pain in Port Melbourne
Reserve governor warns of more mortgage rises
We'll all pay more to borrow: Kelly defends rate rise
Tenants are being made homeless as investors default on mortgages
Pain in the postcodes as interest rates rise
CBA chief in new warning on home rates
A taste for the eclectic
Tranquillity base
Streetscapes of the future
Online house auctions . . . what's next, virtual footy?
Watts not to like? Owners turn on to solar rebate
How the McMansion super-sized the suburbs
Mortgage-switch no help in punishing banks
No pregnant pause to purchasing
Don't write off property
Don't lose focus of changing conditions
It's a crying shame
Marvels by the sea
NAB lifts rates 25 basis points
Terrace buyers snare slice of early Sydney
Perth property prices nudge higher
McMansions put cracks in population plan
Mortgage size swells to new high
Bank doubles RBA increase 'to recoup costs'
RBA lifts rates again
Make yourself at home: a downtown dream
Beam us up: space's final frontier
After the flood, the purchase, and plenty of them
Smart meters give you the power
Two sides to every story
First-home buyers fade away
RBA to crash the Christmas party
Villa in need of makeover sells for $15m
Sense of community the key to happiness
Shiver my timbers
Blue chip off old blocks
On the defensive
Shortage of premises means big rent rises
Home truths: Australia trumps US when it comes to McMansions
Feverish auction activity begins to subside
Buyers are still keen, just not in all areas
Expat high-flyers coming home to roost?
House prices to rise further but they're worth it, says RBA
High home prices sustainable: RBA
We recently bought a house without much equity and want to put all debts into one loan. Any suggestions?
Property owners lose heritage tax break
Do your homework and learn from others' mistakes
Interest rate rises send house prices into reverse
Great views? Skyline's the limit
House price rises to ease in new year
Battle for a fair deal
The freestyle lifestyle
Buyers are still keen, just not in all areas
Best buys for beginners
Buyers stump up higher deposits
First home buyers grant set to reduce
Green light for higher rates
Home deposit rules could stem price bubble
Rents rise across the country
Money may be offered to lure homeowners
Boom town glad rags tell only part of the story
Living comfortably in the shadows
Setting the period tone outside and in
Reserve minutes prompt betting on third rate rise
$10bn coastal homes at risk
Borrowers face Christmas rate rise
Can borrowers handle bumped-up interest rates?
Clearance rate shows growth
Mum and dad investors are key to rental relief
Smart and in the heart of it all
Schmoozing works, but branding could be cheaper
Warehouses take home life to another level
Decking the way to great entertaining
Oh baby, take a look at it now
Rates can't stay low forever, minister warns
Going green together
Mixing leases and leashes
Family values
$1.357m sale sets Rosebery record
Auctions clearances a market snapshot
Postcards from the edge
Reality cheque
Beware the tap dance
Highs and lows of the Cross
Parliament move to block urban expansion
Ask Noel: Should I salary sacrifice into super now and buy a house on retirement or buy now?
Fall in housing starts to impact prices
Subsidies planned for home turbines
Big four banks in rush to match rate rise
'Sold' still the cry despite rates double whammy
Investors to spearhead double-digit price growth
On the beach: the pros and cons
How to recycle beyond the kerb
Boom in new homes on the way
Home loans jump sharply
Selling: I want to be by the beach
Reasons to be cheery
Step into the wild
Rising in the east
Live and let live
RBA signals rate rises as outlook brightens
Murdoch forks out $23m to head for the hills
Ex-Richmond chief looks to old rival to help sell palatial home
Home owners must pay for sea walls
Hopes hit by high tide
RBA ups rates to 3.5%
Prices continue upward curve
Home chefs are happy in whites
Whip the backyard into shape
Fibro fix-ups
House prices jump - again
Farewell to McMansions
Now that's a sea change
Just a little bit fancy
Urban living as a new art form
Flexibility with future in mind
Top of its game
Home prices rise as owners upgrade
Housing affordability worsens
Balmain hotcakes push house prices higher
Get set: rate rise that stops a nation
The secrets of a green spring clean
Home is where the heart (and shop) is
A simply stunning performance on Super Saturday
Beyond the magic million
Altered states: How we've changed
Petty grievances
House of the week
Millionaire's club grows ...
A decade of winners
Banks wait to see who will jump first
More fun, less tears
A Dust-up
Backyard Luxury
Investors shore up housing market
RBA lifts rates
Cities of dreams as value of homes begins to soar
How to beat any rate rises
In case of sea change, dismantle and go: developer's environment clause
A lease or a mortgage?
Relaxed in a crisis
Disaster moves
Body of evidence
Rate rise prospects grow
On the takeaway menu soon: high-rise flats
Rate rises set to start, but pain won't be great
First-home grant cuts to dent property market
Family life suffers as house prices climb: study
Reserve Bank warns on house prices
Ask Noel
RBA warns on rising house prices
A building surge around the corner
Henry brushes the big issue
How to buy a house at half price
Slim pickings in the wealth belt
Last bid for the big Rudd boost
Drawn in all directions
Ceiling the deal
Growth industry
Sellers put grand final bogy to test
New home owners spend big
On the waterfront: threat of rent strike for jetties
New house sales soar
Rates trump grants, so get into gear and buy now
Rush to buy pushes median price to Sydney levels
Top 10 prove their form in the storm
Sowing the seeds of a design revolution
Brisbane property cheaper than Adelaide? The statistics do lie
Property investment looking up
Tax and investment properties: Ask Noel
Auctions, use you head not your heart
It's game on in real estate
Planning is key to success
Beware of joint property pitfalls
Lofty returns beckon on cloud street
Getting the drop on recycling your own
Research helps dodge strata stress
Rates, squeeze on owners' grant stoke demand
Building inspections, a costly necessity
The upside of the economic downturn
House hunters' bargain hot spot expands
Balcony or garden, grow your own food
House ownership remains out of reach for many
Investors should look before they leap for cash tax benefits
A plan for all seasons
Decline in successful auctions
The race against time
Planning objectors may be forced to pay fees
Property prices: Marketing or fact
First home buyers priced out even at the lower end
Byron council to vote on demolishing seafront homes
Vendors wary as $1m home sales slump
Cut your home loan rate
Let's do the time warp
A debate for the ages
Pressure on as first-timers make tilt
Reason to cheer across suburbs
First-home buyers fleeing
Ask Noel: Investment Property
Beware the running costs
Developer's threat to sue residents in fight over views
The low-down for gardening on high
How to make the most of your assets
Investors wary despite some of best returns in the country
Apartments rise and shine
A few simple rules for those stuck at the crossroads
The Next Boom
Cup day tip — big rate rise
No excuses, all pools must be fenced
Digging deep: the rise of the cellar
In two bites, rates tipped to follow sale prices north
What price a home?
Dream Home: Annandale
Design of the times: Energy Efficiency
Just fine by me
New horizons beckon
House prices set to jump: report
Exclusive surf club reels in its neighbour
Fiddler on the roof
Interest's double rise: auction action matches rates
Sydney rental market stagnates
CGT conundrum
Deciphering the interest rate code
The pros and cons of crossing state property lines
Figuring out how to live lightly
The charm of age versus modern gloss
Grow suburbs, not vegies: developers
Time to fix? Not a chance
First-home buyers should build a buffer against rate rises
Hung out to dry
Bust edges back to boom
Dream Home: North Bondi
The flow must go on
Outdoor living: Water features