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Why the RBA is reluctant to stop the housing boom – ABC News
The RBA is facing a bleak choice. The higher housing prices go, the greater the risk of a messy unwinding down the track, but to stop or slow the boom now could…

Each weekend, across the country, they line up for a quick COVID-restricted viewing.
They are shuffled in from the driveway and from the street, subjected to a toned-down version of the usual spin from agents whose main task these days is to act as crowd control marshals and fend off requests for contracts.
The competition is intense. Young couples nervously eye each other off, would-be rivals in a quest for their slice of the great Australian dream.
Properties listed online on a Thursday are…
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