A GREATER share of the economy needs to be devoted to housing to deal with a population boom, otherwise property prices and rents will rise, the RBA says.
THE Gladstone real-estate market is heating up with a basic new house now selling for $500,000 plus, just below the average Brisbane price.
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MANY new home buyers have given up the dream of home ownership, hit by rising interest rates, tougher loan conditions and cuts to a generous government grant.
CLAIMS are circulating that Gladstone's property values are about to explode.
SALES of new homes rebounded to a five-month high in January, a sign that upgrading owner occupiers and investors may be coming back in to the market.
RISING house prices and improving credit demand could sway the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to resume lifting its official cash rate.
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