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Calm before storm: RBA braces for spikes and hikes

A SLIGHT easing in Australia’s headline inflation rate before the Iran war will do little to ease the Reserve Bank’s fears, as economists expect price growth to bounce back with a vengeance in March. Consumer prices rose 3.7 per cent in the 12 months to February, down from 3.8 per cent in January, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. Trimmed mean inflation – which excludes volatile items to provide a sense of underlying inflation – held steady at 3.3 per cent. The result came in slightly softer than economists’ expectations.

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Turn to your Granny for a little bit of extra income

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Referral payments facing possible ban

Legislators are facing increased pressure to curb controversial referral programs between conveyancers and real estate agents, amid long-running claims the fees hurt homebuyers.&n

Landlords squeeze renters in tight market

AUSTRALIAN renters continue to have a hard time finding a home, despite vacancy rates slowly improving from post-COVID pandemic lows. Vacancy rates across Australian capital cities and t

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Home investor tax-break no ‘silver bullet’

LABOR appears set to scale back tax concessions for property investors in a move welcomed by economists and social housing advocates. But while it’s set to boost intergen