What’s killing Australia’s property boom?
18 November 2018 |
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Australia’s once booming housing market is in the second year of is a sharp downturn. Prices in Sydney are falling at an annualized pace of about 8 percent, leaving house-hunters and property investors how much further there is to go.
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