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Melbourne is top choice for Chinese investors

Melbourne is officially the most popular Australian city for Chinese buyers of residential real estate, according to the latest data from Juwai.com, a Chinese-language international property website.

China’s central bank relaxes capital controls

Last week, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), relaxed capital controls for the first time this year by scrapping two rules intended to bolster the renminbi. Many analysts view this move as a sign that official nervousness about currency depreciation and capital flight have eased.

Factors that are threatening homeownership

Hidden land costs, red tape, and regulatory creep are driving up house prices and the cost of living, as well as exacerbating mortgage stress, according to new economic modelling commissioned by Master Builders Australia and conducted by Cadence Economics.

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Many young adults need parental help to buy first homes

FIRB’s foreign investment compliance explained

Millennials are becoming savvy property investors

Forum exposes threat of combustible building products

What’s holding back build-to-rent in Oz?

New interest-only loans drop in June quarter

Housing market risks are under control

Sydney residents support short-term holiday letting

Key life-events are occurring much later in life

Should Australia embrace foreign investment?

National dwelling values were flat in August

Multimillion-dollar deals stall in the Gold Coast

Female investors boost super with property

Perth’s 10 cheapest suburbs near the CBD

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CoreLogic revamps its Hedonic Home Value Index

Housing affordability crisis set to worsen

Decline in Chinese investment offset by other countries

Investors left reeling after developer defaults on loan

ASIC to make super fees more transparent

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