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Home prices are more to do with sentiment that fundamental economics, and this week we saw new data, so are home prices on their way down? Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to the 25 November 2017. Watch the video, or read the transcript. We start this week’s digest of finance and property news noting … Continue reading “How Far Are Home Prices Going Down? – The Property Imperative Weekly 25 Nov 2017”
The IMF has issued a concluding statement following their official visit to Australia. They warn that growth will be modest, more effort is required to contain housing risks – including macroprudential, and a structural reform agenda is required to lift productivity and growth. Over the past year, Australia’s recovery under the transition from the mining … Continue reading “IMF On Australia”
A really mixed bag of news this week, with stronger business and employment data, lower mortgage defaults and yet weak wage growth, and more evidence of the pressure on households. We pick over the coals and try to make sense of what’s going on. Welcome to the Property Imperative Weekly to 18 November 2017. Watch … Continue reading “Walking The Tightrope – The Property Imperative Weekly 18 Nov 2017”
From The Conversation. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has released a report titled Australia’s Place in the World, which considered how Australia should respond to changing attitudes to globalisation. At home and around the world, there is a backlash against free trade and globalisation. The report asks what course Australia should navigate … Continue reading “Australia’s tenuous place in the new global economy”
According to the HIA-CoreLogic Residential Land Report, over the year to June 2017, residential land costs in key markets have soared to a new high with vacant land in Sydney now over $1,000 per square metre. Price pressures in the market for residential land were most intense in Melbourne where the median price increased by … Continue reading “New Sydney Land Costs Top $1,000 per SQM”
The latest economic and finance data appears to be pulling in two directions, so we discuss the trends. Welcome to the Property Imperative Weekly to 21st October 2017. Watch the video, or read the transcript! In this week’s review of the latest finance and property news, we start with data from the Australian Institute of … Continue reading “Pulling In Two Directions – The Property Imperative Weekly 21 Oct 2017”
We look at another massive week in property and finance, examine the arguments around mortgage rate rises, and consider which households are more likely to buy in the current market. Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 23rd September 2017, our summary of the key events from the past week. Watch the video, or read … Continue reading “Going Up? – The Property Imperative Weekly – 23 Sep 2017”
The RBA published a research discussion paper “The Property Ladder after the Financial Crisis: The First Step is a Stretch but Those Who Make It Are Doing OK”. Good on the RBA for looking at this important topic. But we do have some concerns about the relevance of their approach. This paper investigates how things … Continue reading “First Time Buyers – The First Step is a Stretch – RBA”
A bunch of new data came out this week, so we discuss the findings and explore what it means for households and their budgets. Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 9th September 2017, the latest edition of our finance and property news digest. We released the August edition of our Mortgage Stress research which … Continue reading “The Light In the Tunnel – The Property Imperative 09 Sep 2017”
From The Real Estate Conversation. The Bank of mum and dad is growing the divide between those who can and those who can’t buy property. The latest Adelaide Bank/REIA Housing Affordability Report shows affordability is worsening, just as new research from Mozo shows increasing numbers of parents are stepping in to help their children get … Continue reading “A House Divided”