Banks are increasingly offering borrowers cold hard cash in an attempt to sign them up as mortgage customers.

As lenders jostle to expand their share of the home loan market, all big four banks are now trying to lure new customers with types of cash rebates, and one non-bank lender is even offering fuel vouchers.

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 ‘‘A generation of Australians are being priced out of the property market. Many face a life time of renting,’’ Credit Suisse analysts Hasan Tevfik and Damien Boey said.

Wealthy Chinese buyers have purchased $24 billion of Australia housing in the past seven years, and over the next seven years an additional $44 billion will be spent on residential property.

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This week's surprise decision by the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates will fuel investor interest in residential property.

Australians are passionate about investing in bricks and mortar and the combination of lower mortgage rates, rising property prices will be irresistible for many.

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The big four banks will pass along most of the Reserve Bank's rate cut to mortgage holders, analysts believe - but the wait may drag on until next week.

The major banks took an average of 10.6 days to pass along rate cuts following RBA reductions beginning in November 2011, according to calculations from Fairfax.

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The inner-city set may claim there is no stigma attached to living near public housing but property prices expose a more tawdry truth.

The closer you live to public housing estates such as Richmond's towering commission flats, the lower property values become. Data supports what is often an unspoken assumption among home buyers - namely, that properties farther from public housing estates generally sell for more than those close to them.

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Sydney homeowners preparing for spring sales campaigns have been given some encouraging news with three sets of data now showing price growth.

Independent analysts RP Data-Rismark today released its July results, which showed Sydney dwelling prices were up 1.2 per cent over the month. House prices went up 1.4 per cent while apartment prices were flat.

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Brisbane is the place to be, but people aren't living where you may think, new population figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal.

The data, which captures a decade of change to 2011, reveals the Greater Brisbane Region, which excludes the Gold and Sunshine coasts, increased by 25 per cent (432,300 people) and was just behind Greater Perth (26 per cent) as the second-fastest growing capital city in Australia.

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With more than a month behind us since the auction season opened up again, it is worth taking a snapshot of the market by looking at how the auction clearance rates have been performing, plus considering the supply of listings.

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Two ACT suburbs have been named in the top investment areas across NSW and the territory by McGrath Estate Agents.

In his autumn market review, McGrath real estate chief executive John McGrath listed Dickson and Kambah amongst the best buy suburbs outside Sydney for future growth.

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The weekend's damp weather made for some challenging auctions held among crowds of umbrellas and pouring rain but another clearance rate above the 60 per cent mark delivered relief to agents and buyer advocates.

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