Australian Money Forum

THEY'RE cheap and not always cheerful, but these homes can be bought outright with the first home buyers grant.

NEW laws mean renters will be given a month's grace from eviction when banks repossess properties.

THE average loan size for first-home buyers has risen by or 23pc in the past two years.

THE average loan size for first-home buyers has risen by $52,000 - or 23 per cent - in the past two years.

PEOPLE trying to sell their homes are having to substantially lower their initial price aspirations to get the property away, data shows.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd unapologetic over his comments hinting the first home buyers boost would end.

• Housing affordability at 2002 levels
• First home buyers are flocking to sales
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THE number of properties being put up for rent in the nation's wealthiest suburbs has soared.

FIRST home buyers flocked to the market at the weekend following the Rudd Government's decision to extend their boosted grant.

THE Rudd government's much-hyped first-home saver accounts are a national flop.