I caught up with Steve from Canstar to discuss the fallout from the RBA rate rises. Steve Mickenbecker is in Canstar’s Group Executive Team, bringing more than 30 years of experience in the Australian financial services industry. As a financial commentator for Canstar, Steve enjoys sharing his expertise across topics such as home loans, superannuation, insurance, mortgages, banking, credit cards, investment, budgeting, money management and more.
This is an edited version of a live discussion about the current state of the property markets. We look at recent price falls, as well as the latest from our modelling, including information at a post code level. And of course review today’s RBA decision. Warning, this show might run for longer than normal! Thanks to Cookie for his work on price falls!!
Original stream is here: https://youtu.be/R2Oy5Mk4RLA
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Join us tonight at 8pm Sydney for a live discussion about property trends, and household stress. You can ask a question live, and we will have the post code engine online so we can look at specific post codes and also our stress mapping across the country.
Given the 50 basis point rate hike today, this is an important show.
The recent release of 2021 Census data revealed a shocking “one million homes were unoccupied”.
This statistic sent housing commentators, government agencies and policymakers into a spin. At a time of significant housing shortages, this extra million homes would surely make a big difference. They could provide housing for some homeless, ease the rental affordability crisis, and get first-home owners into their first home. There has been a great deal of speculation about how this has happened. Has it been caused by overseas millionaires buying up housing and leaving it as an empty investment? Is it Airbnb taking up homes that could be used for families? Or are cashed-up Gen-Xers double-consuming by living in one house while renovating another?
So, why were 1,043,776 dwellings empty on census night?
My latest chat with Edwin as we discuss politicians and their property portfolios, as first time buyers feel the pressure, and mortgage prisoners are a things. We also discuss some of the strategies to make sure agents are working for you.
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I caught up with Cameron as he republishes his book from 2017 Game of Mates: How favours bleed the nation as Rigged “How Networks Of Powerful Mates Rip Off Everyday Australians”.
This book will open your eyes to how Australia really works. It’s not good news, but you need to know it.’ – Ross Gittins ‘
You’ll be shocked at how far the Mates have their hand in your pocket.’ – Nicholas Gruen
Australia has become one of the most unequal societies in the Western world, when just a generation ago it was one of the most equal. This is the story of how networks of Mates have come to dominate business and government, robbing ordinary Australians.
Every hour you work, thirty minutes of it goes to line the Mates’ pockets rather than your own. Mates in big corporations, industry groups, government departments, the halls of parliament and the media skew the system to suit each other. Corporations dodge taxes, so you pay more. You pay more for your house and higher interest rates on your mortgage, more for your medicines and transport, and more for your children’s education and insurance, because the Mates take a cut.
Rigged uncovers the pattern of political favours, grey gifts and information-sharing that has been allowed to build up over two decades. Drawing on extensive economic research, it exposes the Game of Mates as nothing less than cronyism on a grand scale across Australia and how we have fallen behind other countries in combating it.
We also discuss the recent Canberra event and housing policy in general.
Dr Cameron K. Murray is a Research Fellow in the Henry Halloran Trust at the University of Sydney and an economist specialising in property and urban development, environmental economics, rent-seeking and corruption. Professor Paul Frijters teaches at the London School of Economics and was previously Professor of Health Economics at the University of Queensland.
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National Debt Helpline is a not-for-profit service that helps people tackle their debt problems. They are not a lender and they don’t ‘sell’ anything or make money from those in debt. Their professional financial counsellors offer a free, independent and confidential service. They are simply there to help you get back households on track. Beware of some of the other paid services which are found on the internet.
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The UK just announced an 80% hike in average energy bill to households, with a further rise expected in January. This is putting millions of people under financial pressure, and unable to eat and heat themselves through the winter.
Worth reflecting on the cause – the hike in gas prices, and the fact that we in Australia are exposed on those same rises in international gas prices. So prepare for more and significant rises here too. Go to the Walk The World Universe at https://walktheworld.com.au/
A Royal Commission into Robodebt was announced today. Deemed illegal in 2019, this programme “recovered” money claimed to be owed through data matching, and was proved to be faulty, leading some to take drastic steps to avoid the debt. Lessons do need to be learnt.
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Recent changes in the rules has led banks to start reporting hardship arrangements on customers credit files. They will remain on file for a year beyond the end of the arrangement. This may have implications for some borrowers as they seek to restructure their mortgages in the current rising rate environment.
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