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For first homebuyers, it's Labor's Help to Buy versus the Coalition's New Home Guarantee. Which is better?

Written by Rachel Ong ViforJ, ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University

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Each side is offering something for first homebuyers this election, but the nature of the support is quite different.

The Coalition is promising to expand its Home Guarantee Scheme, also known as its First Home Loan Deposit Scheme. It’ll lift the number of places on offer from 10,000 to 35,000...

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