{"id":15050,"date":"2018-11-10T13:41:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T00:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=15050"},"modified":"2018-11-10T13:41:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T00:41:25","slug":"good-news-for-first-home-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/good-news-for-first-home-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news for first home buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PHOTO:\u00a0The withdrawal of investors and owner occupiers has opened the door for first home buyers, according to experts.\u00a0<span class=\"image-source\"><em>Source: istock<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">NEW housing loans have hit their lowest level in four years, latest ABS figures show \u2014 and here\u2019s why that\u2019s extremely good news if you\u2019re a first homebuyer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-content\">\n<p>New lending crashed to its lowest level since August 2014, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics housing finance data out Friday, falling 3.8 per cent in the month seasonally adjusted.<\/p>\n<p>In what\u2019s become a boon for first home buyers, both investors (-2.8 per cent to their lowest level since July 2013) and owner-occupiers (-4.2 per cent \u2014 lowest level since July 2015) have begun holding off.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE VIA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/finance\/real-estate\/brisbane-qld\/good-news-for-first-home-buyers-as-housing-finance-hits-4year-low\/news-story\/6a00a315e0e981138cd923d91154bd9e\">NEWS.COM.AU<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ChZsN3lEkF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/advertisingrates\/\">Advertising Rates<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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