First-home buyers shy from market

Story date: 2007-10-31 07:50:00
Added on: 2007-10-31 23:00:23

News.com.au - And, while first-home buyers are billed as Australia's most debt-ridden homeowners, the average first-home buyer mortgage was $223,000 in 2005-06 -- less than the average $231,000 borrowed by households moving into subsequent homes. Since 1991, a ...


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