Following is latest on economic, property, real estate prices
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Australian consumers seeing the bright side after rise in confidence A
BIG jump in consumer confidence and a return of buyers to the housing
market are raising hopes that Australia will avoid the worst of the
global downturn. Consumer confidence is almost back to normal levels,
while housing finance is climbing back towards the record touched in
mid-2007.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25311780-2702,00.html
Easy lending to 'hurt' young homebuyers FIRST-HOME buyers are being
warned that generous loan criteria could land them in financial
stress, after revelations that the top four banks will lend up to
$465,000 to a purchaser on a salary of $70,000 a year.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25319017-2702,00.html
Australian Housing Affordability - Talking property with
Domain.com.au
http://blogs.domain.com.au/housing_affordability/
Have Australian mortgage and rent payments reached breaking points?
Who can afford to pay 50pc more for a house?
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=3D454357
Australian Property & Real Estate: =93Supersize me a McMansion=94 & Robert
Peston BBC =93Media exacerbating house price myths=94 AIEC Blog
http://aiecquest.blogspot.com/2009/03/supersize-me-mcmansion-australia.html
Job & Employment Outlook in Australia Monash University reports on
=93Jobs with Good Prospects=94 Occupations with largest future job growth
5 years to 2009-10 (=91000) ... Job Outlook has 12 graphs on
characteristics, trends and prospects for each in 2009 include
Accountant, Bookkeepers, Bricklayers, Cabinetmakers, Chefs and Cooks,
Customer Service Managers, Dentists, Finance Managers, Financial
Dealers/ Brokers, Forklift Drivers, General/Landscape Gardeners,
General Medical Practitioners, Hairdressers, Human Resource
Professionals, Legal Professionals, Motor Mechanics, Occupational
Therapists, Office Assistants/Managers, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists,
Policy Analysts, Project/Program Administrators, Receptionists, Sales
Assistants, Security Officers/Guards and Waiters
http://www.education.monash.edu.au/centres/ceet/docs/conferencepapers/2005=
-slides-hart-jobprospects.ppt
Latest reports from Centre of Full Employment and Equity CofFEE The
University of Newcastle Australia http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/
Job Outlook is part of Australian Government JobSearch initiative Job
Outlook includes information on workforce and occupational
characteristics, such as future growth prospects and weekly earnings,
the skills needed to perform work tasks, and typical work activities
http://jobsearch.gov.au/Careers/pages/joboutlook.aspx
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