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• 308.The Best Laid Plans
• 307.RBA Depths of History (Interest Rastes)
• 303.Home Boom Hope
• 302.Home Buyers Locked Out
• 300.Home is Where the Heart is
• 299.State's Slow Build
• 298.Building Force
• 297.LEIGHTON Control Fears at Builder
• 296.Driving Up Losses
• 295.CFMEU Empire Crumbles
• 295.CFMEU Builders Blacklist Big Guns
• 294.GATTO Debt Wars
• 293.A New Lease on Life (Modular Homes)
• 292.Time for Building Giants to show some Spine
• 291.Quiet streets to be a no go Zone for Towers
• 290.Napthine Buckles in Pursuit of Bad Builders
• 289.Building Regulator Left Public in the Dark
• 288.Shake Up in Building Industry
• 287.Slater & Gordon Calls for Taskforce to Act on Faulty Slabs
• 286.Thousands of Suburban Home Owners Face Financial Ruin
• 285.Tradesman Killed in Building Collapse
• 284.Housing in Reach
• 283.Tradies Going Bust
• 282.First Home Buyers Tire of The Battle
• 281.Building Fund Offer
• 280.Surging Home Prices Defying RBA Wanings of Speculation
• 279.Severe Shortage of Public Housing
• 278.Loans Locked for 40 Years
• 277.Million Dollar Dream
• 276.HSBC Bank Drops Rate in Home Loan Salvo
• 275.RBA Tipped to Raise Rates Later
• 274.Home Dream Nightmare
• 273.Dream Out of Reach
• 272.Agent Caught Out
• 271.100% LVR Mortgages-Forget It 22-03-2011
• 271.100% Home Loans Return
• 270.First Home Buyers Abandon the Dream
• 269.House Dream Fading
• 268.Auctions Pay Off Debts
• 267.Credit Squeezes Trade
• 266.ASBESTOS-Illegal Dumping Exposes Health Risks
• 265.Repossession Rocks Suburbs
• 264.Housing Loses Glow
• 263.1 Million to Censor Speech
• 262.Bid Dream Farewell
• 261.Home is Where the Heart Is
• 260.Blowing Bubbles
• 259.Hardline Umpire
• 258.House Values Spring Surge
• 257.GREAT SOUTHERN-Bendigo Class Action Enters Mediation
• 256.Play for Tradies
• 255.Chinese Buying Up Property
• 254.States Slow Build
• 253.CBA Bank Gulps Record Take
• 252.Energy Firm in Dock over Tactics
• 251.GSI Hammer Time at Mega Auction
• 251.GSI Gippland Secured Investments-Trustee Delays Decision
• 251.GSI Auction Raises Fears
• 250.ARB-Homes at Risk (ARB Goes Bankrupt)
• 250.ARB-Home Builder Going to Wall (ARB Homes)
• 249.Rate Cut is not Enough
• 248.Out of Harm's Way (Busfire Attack Planning)
• 247.Homes Out of Reach
• 245.GROCON-Union Blast
• 245.GROCON-Grocon Talks Tough
• 245.GROCON-CFMEU Must Come to Heel
• 245.GROCON-Boss to Keep tha Peace
• 245.GROCON Cracked Wall
• 244.BANKSIA-Most of Banksia Loan beyond reach
• 244.BANKSIA-Millions More Back
• 244.BANKSIA-Lawsuit puts Banksia Bosses in Hot Seat
• 244.BANKSIA-Auditor Banned over Failure
• 244.BANKSIA-Accounting Mistakes Key to Collapse
• 244.BANKSIA The Bluff
• 243.Cost of Living Here
• 242.Housing Hit Hard
• 241.Mortgage Maths a Taxing Problem
• 240.Depths of History
• 239.The Best Laid Plans (Off the Plan Purchases)
• 237.Need for Speed at Tribunal
• 236.At Risk at Home
• 235.The Fixed Rate Conundrum lock in or Wait
• 234.Solving Disputes without Dilly-Dallying
• 233.Housing Market on Cusp of Resurgence
• 232.Houses Becoming Cheaper to Buy than Rent
• 231.Home Buyers Stung
• 230.House Money
• 229.Builders Want Cuts
• 228.How a House Led me to the Underworld
• 227.Buying a Home, Who Knew it was So hard
• 226.$50 Mortgage Boon
• 225.Building Woes Worsen
• 224.First Home Setback
• 223.Borrowers Shun Fixed Bank Rates
• 222.Outer Suburb tops Backruptcy List
• 221.Bankruptcy Hits Early
• 219.Threefold jump in new home insurance premiums
• 216.House Prices Rebound
• 215.Cut-Price Housing
• 212.People Priced Out of VCAT
• 210.Investors Abandon Banks in Favour of Property
• 208.AXF-Skyline is Set to Soar
• 208.AXF-Savy Chinese Develops Local Feel
• 208.AXF-No Fan of Ugly Building
• 208.AXF-Doyle Backers Revealed
• 207.AUSTRALAND Windows Opening for Australand
• 207.AUSTRALAND Stockland Sideswipe
• 207.AUSTRALAND Still on High as GPT heads for the Exit
• 207.AUSTRALAND On the Rise
• 206.STOCKLAND Slides in Foundering Market
• 206.STOCKLAND Keeps Faith
• 206.STOCKLAND House Rules
• 206.STOCKLAND Eyes Profit from Tilt
• 205.Bad Design-Pole
• 204.Safety-Concrete Kibble
• 204.Bad Design-Garage
• 203.Still as Safe as Houses
• 202.Home Prices Grim
• 200.Hidden Costs of Jail Deal
• 199.Jail Builder Goes Broke
• 197.A Nine Star Performer & Its Economical to Boot
• 196.Green Rating Backflip
• 195.Pool Company Sinks
• 194.Dodgy Building Checks Exposed
• 193.Harvey was Warned
• 192.Aussie Homes Zapped
• 191.Aussie Dreams Start to Sour
• 190.Bricks and Slaughter
• 189.Sold for Just $1,000
• 188.Probe into Building Licences
• 187.Commissioner Resigns
• 186.Cowboy Builders Dodge and Weave
• 185.Building Permits System Damned
• 184.Cracks in the System
• 183.Stop Banging our Heads against a Brick Wall
• 182.Market Misery
• 181.Houses Dive by $25,000
• 180.Power in Numbers
• 179.Home Buyer Tax Pain
• 178.First Homes in Slump
• 177.Auction Slump as Uncertainty Bite
• 176.Clearances-Oct 2011 Still Slack
• 175.Property Prices Tumble $200 A Day
• 174.Battlers Need Relief on Interest Rates
• 173.300 Million Lost on Houses
• 172.Dud Insulation Scheme Fix It Bill at $124million
• 171.Under Inspection
• 170.Fence Splinters
• 169.Agents Dump Sellers
• 168.Cash 'No' Sinks Bayside Bid
• 167.Bayside Firm Claims $8.5Mil
• 166.Investors Bail Out as Jennings Hits 20cent Low
• 165.Battling Jennings Quits Southgate
• 164.Staggering $431mil Loss for Jennings
• 163.Henley Leads Field
• 162.Size does Matter with New Houses
• 161.Breaking Up is Hard to Do
• 160.Relief on Way as Bank Flag Rate Cut
• 159.Councils Take to Long
• 158.New MBAV President-Len Barlow
• 157.Mediation an Invitation to Come to the Party
• 156.Inspection Service can Minmise Cost of Plumbing Faults
• 155.Priced Out of Home
• 154.When Dream Turns Nightmare
• 153.Warning to Shonky Builders
• 152.Vic Tightens Checks as Building Gripes Soar
• 151.Try to Avoid Cost Plus Contracts
• 150.HIA Calls for Builder Ratings
• 148.Blitz on Builders
• 147.Hearing No End to Hell
• 146.A Nightmare for Home Buyers
• 145.40 On Edge as Builder Sways
• 144.Collapse in New Homes
• 133.Victorians Fleeced on Insurance
• 132.State must end Building Insurance Ripoff
• 131. Missing Builder may end Family's home Ownership Hope
• 130. Modern Suburbia-Population 7 Million
• 129. Bubble Expands-Million Dollar Suburbs
• 128. Now Up Go Home Loan Rates
• 127. Our Sleeper Suburbs
• 126. Go Loan Shopping
• 124. City's World First
• 123. Million Dollar Burbs
• 122. Banks-Casualties of War
• 121. What your Home could be Worth
• 120. When Home Construction Plans Go Bad
• 119. Rort Claim on Builder
• 118. House Market is Ripe
• 117. Rate Pressure on Mortgages
• 116. Mortgage Fee Battle
• 115. Blitz on Banks Exit Fee tactics
• 114. Mortgage Stress Alarm
• 113. Cheap Solar's on Way
• 112. Power Up with Solar
• 111. Getting into Hot Water-Solar
• 110.Important Decisions to Make-Solar
• 109. Dream Flies by Night
• 108. Home Rents out of Reach
• 107. Risk Reverse for Home Builders
• 106. Homes at Risk after Insurer's Collapse
• 105. Home Crisis
• 104. Cash Went to the Libs
• 103. Cash Rescue on way for Victims
• 102. $535 Mil Starts HIH Rescue
• 101. HIH Founder to Appeal
• 100. End of Road as HIH Goes
• 99. Tightening up Disclosure Rules Overdue
• 98. HIH Digs a Hole for Builders
• 97. HIH Crash Fallout Hits more Victims
• 96. Collapse Strands 57 Families
• 95. Bailing Out
• 94. Families Wait for Nightmare to End
• 93. Losses End Life for HIH
• 92. HIH Notice
• 91. Crashed Insurer Looses Customers
• 90. Home Buyers Hit by Crisis
• 89. Long Wait for Building Work
• 88. Reporting Inadequate
• 87. House is No Home
• 86. Party Over
• 85. $15 Mil-Package for victims of HIH
• 84. HIH ex-boss is still renovating
• 83. Plumbers-Sparkies now pocket $100K a Year
• 82. In Over Our Heads
• 81. Insurances Hit Home.
• 80. FAI was in Good Shape-Adler
• 79. Hey, Big Spender
• 78. First Home Buyers get Squeezed
• 77. FAI's Managers were Flawed
• 76. Changes in Builders Warranty Insurance
• 75. SOS kicks off Battle
• 74. Builder takes SOS to VCAT
• 73 .Homing in on Levies
• 72 .Prison Call for Adler
• 71. Homes Hit by HIH Drama
• 70. $20mil Aid Package for Builders
• 69. House Prices Buck Trend
• 68. Our Home is Cracking Up
• 67. Push to Cut Home Red Tape
• 66. Banks Get Tough on Lending
• 65. Apartments Made to Order
• 64. Where's Our Builder
• 63. House Sales Lowest for a Decade
• 62. When Dream Turns Nightmare
• 61. Builders Shatter Hopes-Dreams Crumble
• 60. Shock Rise in Default Cases
• 59. Pre-Fab Builders Focus on Queensland
• 58. Jolt for Homebuyers
• 57. Power Price Shock
• 56. Pay Lure for Young Tradies
• 55. Capital City House Price Growth Slows
• 54. Banks in 135 Billion funds chase
• 53. Buyers Hit as House Prices Peak
• 52. Bank Eyes Waivering of Mortgages
• 51. Calliden Backflip Derails Insurance Plan
• 50. Rents Through the Roof
• 49. Home Delivery 12-12-2010
• 48. Housing Trouble Ahead 3-12-2010
• 47. Solar Pay Day 12 Years Off
• 46. Mother Lives in Car
• 45. Apprentice Scheme Flop Investigated
• 44. Apprentice Crisis
• 43. Absolutely Prefabulous Homes
• 42. Home Delivery 2
• 41. Home Delivery
• 40. Highrise Flats on Takeaway Menu
• 39. Heartbreak Homes
• 38. Dream Home Comes in a Kit
• 37. House Costs to Soar
• 36. Timber Buildings Meet Thermal Performance Study
• 35. End of the Great Aussie Home Dream
• 34. Owners Renovators Left in an Insurance Vacuum
• 33. Flats Answer to Home Crisis-Live Like a Rabbit
• 32. Scheme Safe as Housing
• 31. Group to Push for Builder Reform
• 30. Build or Pay the Price (164KB
• 29. Waste Tips in Housing Favour
• 28. Site Death & $320,000 Fine for Company
• 27. Home Initiative Unfolds
• 26. Big Profits in Bricks & Mortar
• 25. House Prices Set to Boil Over
• 24. Homes Cash Sets Record
• 23. Batlers in Price Hike
• 22. Failure to heed Deadly Lesson
• 21. First Home Buyers Lured Into Trouble
• 20. House Prices on Top
• 19. No Bed for Grandma
• 18. Fury over Empty Units
• 17. End to Rock Bottom
• 16. Building Laws Blasted
• 15. House Warning
• 14. Investors Survival Guide
• 13. $47 Mil to Build 400 Homes for Needy
• 12. Home Buyers Sweat on Grant
• 11. Housing Grants Delayed
• 10. House Grants Lagging
• 9. Joes Life's a Moving Experience
• 8. Your New Home on a Truck
• 7. Housing Crunch
• 6. Cheaper Houses Popular
• 5. McMansions out in War on Sprawl
• 4. Eco Solutions
• 3. Tradie Quotes Alert
• 2. Building Inspectors Get Tough
• 1. Scheme Goes Bust

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