Australia's housing markets recorded a solid price increase of 4.9% year-on-year to end-Q3 2009

Australia and New Zealand, have the least probability of default among 63 governments with credit swap contracts on their debt, London-based CMA said in a report

People thinking of investing in property in Australia may be encouraged by the way the country has come through the downturn and is facing the future with optimism

Unit prices were expected to rise by 7.4per cent over the year

1,670 auctions took place over the weekend across Australia’s capital cities.

House prices in Australia will rise by nearly 20 per cent in the next three years

Now’s the perfect time to start looking at property in Australia

Australia was the only advanced country to avoid falling into recession in the past year

Australia was ranked second among 182 countries on a scale measuring life expectancy, school enrolments and income in the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report 2009

This is the largest rise in values since the RP Data-Rismark Home Value Indices began in January 2005