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Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 24th November 2018, our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. More volatility on the markets this week, more home prices falls, and more revelations from the Royal Commission which put the spotlight on poor culture in the banks and regulators. It’s … Continue reading “Don’t Buy Now! – The Property Imperative Weekly 24 November 2018”
Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 17th 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” It has been a roller coaster ride on all fronts this week, with more market gyrations, larger … Continue reading “Today, Do The Bears Have It? – The Property Imperative Weekly 17 Nov 2018”
The results from the DFA household surveys to the end of October 2018 are out today. The index measures households overall comfort level with their finances across a number of key dimensions. Recent home price trends, lower returns on deposits and share market gyrations have combined to take the index lower, despite strong employment trends. … Continue reading “Household Financial Confidence In The Gutter”
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”
Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 27th October 2018, our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. Watch the video, read the transcript or listen to the podcast. scrollings=”no” As we approach the end of October, which is often a volatile month, the markets are down … Continue reading “Red October And Beyond – The Property Imperative Weekly To 27th October 2018”
We have completed the latest round of our 52,000 household surveys, and today we discuss the results relating to property buying intentions by extracting the data from our Core Market Model. It was this data six months back which enabled us to predict the currently observed slowdown in sales, auction clearances and home prices. … Continue reading “Decoding Property Buying Intentions – “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet””
According to UBS’ Australian Banking Sector Update on 19 September, which involved an anonymous survey of 1,008 consumers who took out a mortgage in the last 12 months, 18 per cent stated that they “don’t know” when their interest-only (IO) loan expires, while 8 per cent believed their IO term is 15 years, which doesn’t … Continue reading “UBS Sounds IO Mortgage Alarms”
In their latest release, HIA is essentially calling for an easing of lending practices, suggesting that investors need encouragement to come back into the market. “A growing list of disincentives are deterring investors from Australia’s housing market,” stated HIA economist, Diwa Hopkins. Today the ABS released data on housing finance for the month of July … Continue reading “HIA Calls For Easing Lending Practices”
Welcome to the Property Imperative weekly to 25th August 2018, our digest of the latest finance and property news with a distinctively Australian flavour. And what a week it was… By the way, if you value the content we produce please do consider joining our Patreon programme, where you can support our ability to continue … Continue reading “The Bears Are In Town – The Property Imperative Weekly 25 August 2018”
Today we look at the current home price dynamics, as we are still seeing the property sprukiers saying that, first now that prices have fallen, it’s a great buying time and second, that prices will stay high because of the lack of supply. Neither of these statements are true. scrollings=”no” The Domain quarterly … Continue reading “Home Price Falls Are Just Starting (…More To Come)”