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RBA makes major call on interest rates in first decision of the year

The Reserve Bank of Australia board has handed down its first decision this year in the face of declining inflation.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia board has met for the first time this year in the face of declining inflation.

Revealed: How much you need to earn to afford to buy a home in Sydney

The income needed to buy a home is rising 10 times faster than wages, alarming new analysis has revealed.

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House prices are rising so fast in the city that buyers need to be earning more than $200,000 to afford an average dwelling, according to Finder.

The beachside Aussie suburb where housing prices have fallen $187,000

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Avoca Beach is is among the 25 oceanfront suburbs to have housing prices fall by up to 11 per cent in the past year.

Family forced to sleep in their car amid housing crisis: ‘It breaks you’

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A WA couple and their child have been forced to sleep in their car amid the state’s housing crisis.

Fresh blow for families caught up in building company collapse: ‘I was in disbelief’

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Dozens of Victorian families have been dealt a double blow as part of the latest collapse in the state’s building crisis.

Family ordered to pay landlords after ‘abandoning’ their ‘uninhabitable’ home

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A NSW tribunal has ordered a family to pay their former landlords for “abandoning” a home the family claims was cockroach-ridden. File image.