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Why Thomas chose a regional hotspot for his first home

Queensland is leading the nation when it comes to regional property purchases in 2024, with six locations in the Sunshine State making up the top 10 list of hotspots.  

  • 13.12.2024
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A successful scheme for first home buyers

Higher interest rates and extended eligibility led to the Home Guarantee Scheme supporting one-third of the nation’s first home buyers last financial year.

  • 20.11.2024
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From Renters to Homeowners: How Maddie and Matt secured their dream first home

First home buyers Maddie and Matt purchased their dream home with a 5% deposit through the First Home Guarantee.

  • 23.10.2024
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Colac teen moves from couch to home with a new teapot in tow

Nineteen-year-old Noah* had been couch surfing for years, saving diligently to purchase his first home. Although he had managed to save $20,000, he was told it wasn’t enough of a deposit alone. But that didn’t stop him from settling on his new place last month.

  • 08.07.2024
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  • Affordable housing

NAB 2024 outlook: housing affordability, AI and climate change in-focus

NAB CEO Ross McEwan reflects on the big issues facing Australia in 2024, including housing affordability, AI and climate change.

  • 24.01.2024
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  • Property

Young Aussies get on the property ladder ‘with a little help from their friends’

NAB research today reveals that 40% of young Australians are considering buying a property with someone other than a romantic partner.

  • 27.01.2023
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  • Property

Signs of spring rebound for the Aussie housing market

Confidence in the Australian housing market has bounced back in the third quarter as the RBA slows the pace of rate rises.

  • 28.10.2022
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  • Property

Key home buying factors revealed in new research

Borrowing capacity tops the list of what’s most important when purchasing a home, according to new NAB research out today.

  • 06.10.2022
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  • Property

NAB welcomes the Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee launch

NAB is looking forward to helping even more Australians to buy their very own home with the launch of the Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee from 1 October.

  • 28.09.2022
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Australia’s first home buyer suburb hotspots

New NAB lending data released today reveals Western Sydney is leading the way when it comes to hotspots for first home buyers.

  • 22.08.2022
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  • Property

Buy or hold? Aussies happy to be patient for home ownership dream

New NAB data shows the number of Australians who think now is a good time to buy a home has fallen to 18 per cent in Q2 2022, down from 23 per cent in the previous quarter.

  • 18.07.2022
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Home Guarantee Scheme helping younger and solo home buyers into property market

Australians under 30 and those planning to buy a property solo are the big winners in first home buyer schemes, new NAB data reveals.

  • 01.07.2022
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  • Property

Renovate or invest? Home equity just got interesting

NAB research today reveals seven in 10 Aussies are using the equity in their home to renovate their home or invest in property, while many have taken the opportunity to get ahead of their loan repayments.

  • 29.06.2022
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NAB CEO addresses AFR Banking Summit

NAB CEO Ross McEwan highlighted Australia’s chronic lack of social and affordable housing, and what can be done about it, in a wide-ranging speech on May 31.

  • 31.05.2022
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NAB Residential Property Survey Q1 2022

Housing market sentiment buoyed by growing rents as prices slow, but confidence slips as expectations for price growth is scaled back.

  • 21.04.2022
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  • First home buyers

NAB welcomes expansion of Home Guarantee Schemes

NAB is looking forward to helping more Australians buy their very own home with the expansion of the Home Guarantee Schemes.

  • 28.03.2022
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