Top Ten Home Buying Tips For First Time Buyers

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First home buyers urged to go on strike

GENERATION Y's frustration at being priced out of the housing market is spilling over into a viral internet campaign that calls for a "buyers' strike".

Tide on the rise as the bay area gets buoyant

SOARING BUYER CONFIDENCE HAS REVERSED A DECLINE.

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Home truths hit first-timers

CAROL Reid knows all about the uncertain dream of home ownership. Through much of the past year the would-be first home buyer watched her dream appear to fade through a veil of tightening bank credit and rising prices.

Mortgage market under pressure as rising rates spook buyers

AUSTRALIA'S largest mortgage broker says buyers are rapidly deserting the housing market as interest rates creep up, after its sales last month plunged to a five-year low.

Sponging, not saving, stops gen Y leaving home

As a parent of three 20-year-olds, I am not surprised to read that children are staying at home longer than ever, but question whether the incentive is to save for their first home ("More first-home buyers rely on parents' help", December 26-27). Anecdotal evidence suggests the motive is not to fund their prospective first home, but their self-indulgent lifestyles.

Why aren't more terrace houses being built?

The lack of choice available to first-home buyers is dismaying ("Crying poor? Count your rooms and houses, and think again", December 16).

Beware real estate boom: economist

AUSTRALIAN house prices are likely to boom for at least three years following a record month for auctions and sales of nearly $1 billion yesterday, according to a leading economic forecaster.

First-home incentive is deterring more buyers

THE supersized first-home owners grant has become more of a deterrent than an incentive for buyers looking to enter the market in the next 12 months, according to a new survey.

Mortgage belt loosens, but not for first-home buyers

THE proportion of home owners in NSW and the ACT struggling to muster their mortgage repayments has halved in the past two years but it is still the highest in the country.

Home Buyers Miss Out On Large Slice Of Grants Pie

HOME BUYERS in NSW have missed out on millions of dollars of funding after the lion's share of $112 million in Commonwealth housing affordability grants was awarded to smaller states.

New Buyers Provide Hope

FIRST-home buyers are storming back into the property market, lured by aggressive interest rate cuts and generous government grants, but official job figures out today hold the key to whether the recovery is shortlived.

Villa A Solid First Step On Property Ladder

HUNTER realtors say first-home buyers are flooding the lower end of the market and the proof is in the property.

First-home Grant May Last Longer: Plibersek

The Federal Government will not rule out extending the First Home Owners Boost beyond the official cut-off date of June 30.

Push For Home Grant Extension

GENEROUS first home buyers' grants could be extended beyond the June 30 cut-off, as the Government seeks to continue stimulating the flagging economy. Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek left open the possibility when she announced that 5385 people took advantage of the scheme in November, its first month of operation.

First Home Buyers Have A Unique Opportunity

First home buyers are in a position to get some great deals on home loans, as long as they act quickly before house prices rise.

Home Loans Double For Entry Buyers

THE mortgage debt of first-home buyers has more than doubled in the past decade.

Will the Budget help first home buyers?

First home buyers cannot be sure of what the Federal Budget has in store for them, and it looks like it could be bad either way.