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Victoria will raise its existing 3 per cent stamp duty surcharge and 0.5 per cent land tax surcharge to 7 per cent and 1.5 per cent respectively on 1 July, while Queensland's 3 per cent stamp duty surcharge kicks in on 1 October." [65] 3 August - The official cash rate drops to 1.5%, the lowest cash rate on record. [66]
As of July 2015, the Property Market in Sydney has surged in the first Q of 2015, up 3.1%. [12] Sydney's eastern and northern suburbs typically attract the highest prices, reflecting their desirability and premium location. [13] The annual capital growth for houses and units in Sydney is 4.2% and 3.8% respectively. [14]
In the UK during the 1980s, the Thatcher premiership passed the ‘right to buy scheme,’ which saw 3 million council houses sold at a price between 30% and 70% below market prices. [24] In France, liberal housing policies gained ground in the 1970s, enabling the rise of residential suburbs. [ 25 ]
The Australian residential property market is the section of the Australian property market that provides rental properties by landlords to tenants. In Australia 31% of households rent their residences. [1] The vast majority rent from private landlords, and a small minority rent from public housing authorities.
[32] 11.1 million residential properties, or 23.1% of all U.S. homes, were in negative equity at December 31, 2010. [33] Commercial property values remained around 35% below their mid-2007 peak in the United Kingdom. As a result, banks have become less willing to hold large amounts of property-backed debt, likely a key issue affecting the ...
For example, in states that allow open competition, some buyer's brokers rebate up to two-thirds of their commission to the customer, and some seller's brokers offer limited-service packages that let sellers list their homes on the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for as little as a few hundred dollars."
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In Melbourne, for instance, one early observer noted that "a poor house stands side by side with a good house." [ 2 ] There are significant regional differences in rates of homeownership around Australia, reflecting average age differences (e.g., older age people tend to own houses more than younger people), as well as socio-economic differences.