PERTH’S POPULATION HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN RECENT YEARS AND THIS ARTICLE TAKES A LOOK AT WHICH AREAS HAVE GROWN FASTER THAN OTHERS. Prior to 1900 Perth was a small town which grew only with the WA gold rush, when the discovery of gold near Kalgoorlie attracted a rush of eager migrants keen to make their […]
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THIS WEEK ABS DATA WAS RELEASED SHOWING THAT THE NUMBER OF HOME LOANS INCREASED 18.9 PER CENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2009, DRIVEN BY AN INCREASE IN LOANS TO UP-GRADERS (I.E. NON-FIRST HOME BUYERS). The amount borrowed also rose with both first home buyers and non-first home buyers increasing the amount […]
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The Sunday Times In what was the first rate change since August 2016, the cash rate fell from 1.5 per cent to 1.25 per cent. REIWA president Damian Collins said the cut could assist in reducing financial pressures for those who were trying to enter the property market and also current homeowners. “By banks passing […]
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