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March 2009	News Article
30 March	New home sales continue to climb New home sales rose for a second consecutive month in February, according to the latest survey by the Housing Industry Association out today (30 March 2009).
29 March	ACT leading in grant receipts The ACT has had by far the biggest uptake of the boosted first-home-buyers grant.
27 March	Housing defaults in Australia tiny Housing loan defaults in Australia have risen in the past year but are still are less than half a percent.
24 March	First-home grant should continue: HIA The first home owners boosted grant should be continued to relieve housing shortfalls, according the Housing Industry Association.
19 March	Cheap Bonner blocks go out the door Fifty-five of the 62 cheap blocks at Bonner have sold in just over two weeks.
17 March	Land sales volume down but prices stable The volume of land sales is down 60 per cent on a year ago, according to the latest HIA-RP Data Residential Land Report, released today (17 March 2009).
16 March	House prices stabilising in wake of rates and grants The Australian weighted average median house price decrease by 1.3% to $442,038, from $447,950, in the December quarter according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia and Mortgage Choice Real Estate Market Facts report released today (16 March 2009).
9 March	First home buyers go for houses More first home-buyers are planning to buy houses rather than flats, according to a suevery published today (9 March 2009).
6 March	Housing affordability improves sharply Housing affordability improved last quarter by the greatest amount on record, figures released today (6 March 2009) show.
6 March	Housing approvals slump Housing approvals fell to their lowest in eight years in January, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released today (5 March 2009).
3 March	Big interest-rate cuts now over: REIA Home-buyers can no longer expect significant cuts to interest rates, according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia.