Japan is a major trading partner with Australia importing iron ore, coal, LNG and foods. The most recent events have had a calamitious impact on northern Honshu Island - how might this impact Australian Property Investment Markets?

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Sub-prime lending is the practice of providing home loans to borrowers who dont qualify for the best market interest rates, because of their deficient or adverse credit history. Read More...

India’s tourism industry is booming with over 15% growth in the past year but around 30-35% of Airline flights were canceled last month. Read More...

A Global View on Performances of Commercial Property Markets in all Emerging and Developed Regions.This latest edition details market conditions for the second six months of 2006 based on information collected from leading international real estate organizations and local firms. Survey covered extensive geographical scale from Europe and USA to Australia, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

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Shareholders in RUN Corp Limited (ASX:RNC) today voted in favour of an alliance between RUN and Futuris Corporation Limited (ASX:FCL) at an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Melbourne. Read More...

Homeowners and investors in NSW received some unexpected good news this week when State Treasurer Michael Costa delivered cuts in land taxes and mortgage duty in the State budget. Read More...

School holidays are here and many people across the State are likely to return home from their hols with something much more positive than a case of back to work blues. Read More...

The Property Council of Australia has welcomed today’s budget announcements - land tax cuts and the acceleration of the abolition of mortgage duty and lease duty - as good news for property owners and investors in NSW. Read More...

Queensland renters could be paying their own water bills from early next year if tenancy laws are overturned, according to a recent report on ABC News. Read More...

More than half of today's first home buyers would happily consider sharing equity in a property so that they could afford to buy a house, a recent survey shows.

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With climate change becoming the biggest issue for business and government alike, going carbon neutral seems like a good option. Is it actually possible or is carbon neutrality just the new greenwash? Read More...

Property Investment in Australia is becoming increasingly important for investors around the world seeking capital growth in a stable political and economic environment. Read More...

Australian women are more property savvy than their counterparts in New Zealand (NZ), United Kingdom (UK) and Canada, and have grand plans to grow their property portfolios, according to research released this month. Read More...

Employees in mining and inner metropolitan areas generally had the highest average wage and salary incomes in Australia in 2003-04, according to figures released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Read More...

Gen X and Y Australians, stuck in the rent trap and struggling to save a deposit for a first home purchase, may well be called the Rent Generation, Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) President Graham Joyce said this week.

Home loan affordability plunged in the December quarter 2006 with 35.2 per cent of median weekly family income required to meet average loan repayments, according to the Deposit Power/REIA Home Loan Affordability Report. Read More...

Higher interest rates are forcing property developers to lower their prices, providing potential investors with plenty of opportunities to snap up a bargain. Read More...