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Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to the ninth of February 2019 – our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. This was a mega week in which the Royal Commission reported, mortgage brokers were crushed, the RBA cut growth expectations, and we saw more confirmation of the … Continue reading “The Cliff Is Nearer Now… The Property Imperative Weekly 09 Feb 2019”
Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to the fifteenth of December 2018, our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. Financial markets have remained weak through December, and its prompting the question, is this more than just volatility – are we seeing falls turn into something more significant … Continue reading “When A Grind Down Turns Into A Rout – The Property Imperative Weekly 15 Dec 2018”
Marion Kohler the RBA’s Head of Domestic Markets Department spoke at the 31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference yesterday on “The Long View on Australian Equities“. She made the point that when interest rates go down, share prices tend to increase, and this increases the wealth of households who hold those equities. In addition, over … Continue reading “RBA Backs Australian Equities”
RBA’s Christopher Kent really laid it on the line today in a speech where he discussed the like between US Monetary Policy and Australia – “US Monetary Policy and Australian Financial Conditions”. He concludes that “Global developments undoubtedly influence Australian financial conditions. In particular, developments abroad can influence the value of the Australian dollar and … Continue reading “RBA Blames Everyone But The RBA”
Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 10th November 2018, our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. Loads more data this week, all pointing to the impact that tighter credit conditions are having on the economy – that is unless you are the RBA, which seems to see … Continue reading “The Elephant In The Room – The Property Imperative Weekly 10 Nov 2018”
APRA has released a paper on Loss-Absorbing Capacity of ADI’s. It shows that currently major Australian banks are at the lower end of Total Capital compared with international peers. As a result of proposed changes, major banks (Domestic systemically important banks in Australia, D-SIBs) will see their funding costs rise – incrementally over four years … Continue reading “Major Banks To Take Another Funding Hit; Thanks To APRA”
Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 3rd November 2018, our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. Watch the video, listen to the podcast or read the transcript. scrollings=”no” The latest data reinforces the downward momentum in property, and the blowback more broadly across the economy … Continue reading “Blowback City! – The Property Imperative Weekly To 3rd November 2018”
Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 13th October 2018, our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. This week saw major ructions on the financial markets, which may be just a short-term issue, or a signal of more disruption ahead. And locally, the latest data reveals a slowing … Continue reading “Property Prices – They Are Afallin’ – The Property Imperative Weekly 13 October 2018”
Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 22nd September 2018, our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. Watch the video, listen to the podcast, or read the transcript. scrollings=”no” The 60 Minutes segment which aired last Sunday put the cat among the pigeons. I made a … Continue reading “Making The News – The Property Imperative Weekly 22 September 2018”
While Asia and Europe enjoyed the highest Chinese investment growth in 2017, Australia and New Zealand experienced significant drops, according to Juwai.com’s Chinese Global Property Investment Report. The report provides an estimate of actual Chinese investments in Australian residential and commercial property; via MPA. According to the report, total Chinese property investment in the two … Continue reading “Chinese real estate investment in Australia drops by nearly 30%”