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A welcome from CEO Dr Viberto SelochanWelcome to the inaugural edition of First News. The past year and a half has been turbulent in the Australian marketplace as the flow-on effect from the credit crunch trickles into Australia. Despite this, Australia’s housing sector is holding up relatively... Read more »
Finance News
RBA takes pause, holds cash rate at 4.5%Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.5 per cent. Since the Board last met, concerns about sovereign creditworthiness in several... Read more »
Interest rates continue to riseAustralian mortgage holders are a third time unlucky this year, after the Reserve Bank board today lifted interest rates by 0.25 per cent. It is the third rate rise... Read more »
National News
Consumer sentiment boost likely to put pressure on ratesA leading consumer confidence reading surged 5.6% in January from 113.8 in December to 120.1 in January as consumers became more bullish on the state of the job... Read more »
Property
Property market takes a breather in DecemberAfter recording a stellar performance over most of 2009 the Australian residential property market ended 2009 on a softer note with national home values dipping... Read more »
Victorian house prices soar to new heightsThe REIV December quarter Property Update has revealed a new record high median house price of $540,500 in Meblourne, an increase of 15 per cent from $470,000 in... Read more »
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