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Most first time home buyers are not aware that they will buy many homes during their lifetimes, and that’s because our needs and our wants are constantly changing. We do get better at the process with experience, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need assistance after your first couple of home buys are behind you.

Whist first home buyers loans increased by $20,000 in this period, it was a case of many buying a better property, or bulding a bigger new home, not prices increasing as has been suggested.

Australia’s housing market is showing signs of strong activity, spurred on mainly by bargain hunters and first-home buyers as sellers become desperate.

New First Home Buyers incentive hurts second home buyers. Queensland general manager of Brisbane-based developer Devine Homes, Paul Nash, said second-home buyer demand has been sluggish, but when the $21,000 first-home owner’s grant was introduced in October, there was a pickup in first-home owner inquiry. First Home buyers charge petering out “We had a spike, [...]

Coastal towns from Tully in Queensland to Upper Burnie in Tasmania are tipped to be among next year’s property hotspots, as house prices in capital cities experience modest falls and upmarket property languishes under the strain of the financial crisis. In its final property pulse report of the year, RP Data says it expects first-home [...]