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Home owners going backwards since the ’70s

Australia’s first home buyers are now six years older than four decades ago, with new research showing average borrowers wait until their thirties before taking on large amounts of debt.

Underscoring the nation’s problem with housing affordability, a new survey of home owners and aspiring first home buyers shows one in five first home buyers used more than 50 per cent of their income to service their debt. Continue reading Home owners going backwards since the ’70s