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Home prices have fallen further in July – except in these two cities, where they continue to rise

Shannon Molloy| Real Estate| 1 August 2022 Home prices have just fallen further – except in these two capital cities (realestate.com.au) Property price falls extended further across Australia in the past month, but there are two capital cities defying the cooling market trend, new data reveals. The latest PropTrack Home Price Index for July was released today […]

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What happened during previous property market downturns?

Eleanor Creagh| Real Estate| 28 July 2022 What happened during previous property market downturns? – realestate.com.au Interest rates are moving higher – and quickly – and fears of a steep and lasting decline in home prices are mounting.   Some forecasters have warned the impending correction will see a 30% fall in property prices from their […]

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Apartment prices outperform house prices for first time in three years: Domain

Derek Rose| Te New Daily| 28 July 2022 Apartments outperform house prices for first time in three years: Domain (thenewdaily.com.au) The price of apartments outperformed houses last quarter for the first time in three years, a new report shows. Domain’s June Quarterly House Price Report indicates the average price of a unit in Australia’s capital […]

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Reserve Bank Research: Competition Forces Banks to Reduce Rates

Three reasons inflation could be lower by next year

Scott Haslem| Australian Financial Review| 1 August 2022 https://www.afr.com/wealth/personal-finance/three-reasons-inflation-could-be-lower-by-next-year-20220728-p5b5bq Fears of a global recession and a housing market crash have dominated headlines after Australia’s 6.1 per cent inflation figure last week, our fastest pace in over 20 years. Fuelling the car, building a home (or just living in someone else’s) and keeping food on the […]

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Inflation can turn negative in 2023

John Kehoe| Austalian Financial Review| 29 July 2022 https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/inflation-can-turn-negative-in-2023-20220729-p5b5nh Inflation could turn negative by late next year as petrol prices decline and supply chain pressures ease, allowing the Reserve Bank of Australia to avoid being too aggressive on interest rate rises. Economists expect some major global inflationary pressures to be temporary and Australia’s quarterly headline […]

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Refinancing surges by 29% across east coast during FY22

Sam Nicholls| Mortgage Business| 2 August 2022 Refinancing surges by 29% across east coast during FY22 – Mortgage Business The number of borrowers refinancing across Australia’s three eastern states hit record figures over the 2022 financial year, according to new PEXA data. As highlighted in PEXA’s latest Mortgage Insights Report, there was a record 331,976 property […]

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Why your credit score changed on July 1

David Ross| Domain | 27 June 2019 https://www.domain.com.au/money-markets/why-your-credit-score-is-going-to-change-on-july-1-852970/ Lenders are set to learn a lot more about borrowers from July 1, with banks required to share more data on applicants than ever before. The full implementation of comprehensive credit reporting next month means everyone’s credit score is likely to change. It’s set to be a […]

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Open banking regime commences

Mortgage Business | 2 July 2019 https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/13565-open-banking-regime-commences The financial services sector has officially ushered in the first phase of the new open banking regime. The 2019-20 financial year has kicked off with the launch of the open banking regime, a framework designed to facilitate the open exchange of data in the private sector, beginning with […]

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What’s Next?

The property and finance industry is on the starter’s block but is unsure what the next race will be.  Certainly we are looking at profound changes. A May election could see a change of power in Canberra with a Labor Government poised to remove negative gearing for established properties.  While the majority of commentators are […]

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NAB axes controversial home loan referral program

Clancy Yeates| Sydney Morning Herald| 25 March 2019 https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/nab-axes-controversial-home-loan-referral-program-20190325-p517b2.html Real estate agents, lawyers and sports clubs will no longer be able to receive payments from National Australia Bank for helping sell home loans, in a move aimed at rebuilding trust after the bank’s reputation took a battering at the royal commission. Acting chief executive Phil Chronican […]

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Mortgage brokers push for more concessions

James Frost| Australian Financial Review| 26 March 2019 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/mortgage-brokers-push-for-more-concessions-20190326-p517oe Mortgage brokers continued to push the federal government and the opposistion for more concessions following their successful lobbying against a banking royal commission reform. Mark Haron, chief executive of mortgage broking aggreator Connective Group, said the industry was still lobbying against proposals that might undermine the […]

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Treasurer delays trail abolition date

Annie Kane| 12 March 2019| The Adviser https://www.theadviser.com.au/breaking-news/38899-treasurer-delays-trail-abolition-date Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said that the government will look at reviewing the impacts of removing trail in three years’ time rather than abolishing it next year as originally announced, following concerns regarding competition. In an announcement on Tuesday (12 March), Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said that “following […]

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Buyers return to the housing market

https://www.afr.com/property/residential/buyers-return-to-the-housing-market-20201020-p566pa Mirana Ward| Australian Financial Review| 20 October 2020 Residential sales nationally are outpacing fresh listings of properties for sale as buyers take advantage of low mortgage rates, one of several indicators pointing to a rebound in the housing market. The median vendor discount eased across capital cities and regional areas in the three months to […]

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Home loans surge by 12.6 per cent in August

Steven Deare| The New Daily| 9 October 2020 https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/property/2020/10/09/home-loans-august/ More Australians are seeking to buy a property while interest rates remain at historically low levels, sending new home loan commitments surging. Home buyers took advantage of a virus-flattened housing market in August, as borrowing rose by 12.6 per cent on the previous month. New loan […]

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Mortgage Growth Predicted

Across the country auction clearance rates are strong and getting stronger. Low interest rates, government handouts and possible relaxing of lending criteria are encouraging Australians to take out a mortgage and buy a property. Most of the country has auction clearance rates around 70 per cent; the tipping point between a buyers’ and sellers’ market.  […]

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‘Now is the time to buy’: Property experts’ rent warning

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/now-is-the-time-to-buy-stop-renting-property-experts-warn-003604463.html Anastasia Santoreneos| Yahoo Finance| 8 September 2020 Australians in all capital cities, bar Sydney and Melbourne, would be better off buying a home than renting it, new data has revealed. According to Pete Wargent, co-founder of online buyers’ agency marketplace BuyersBuyers.com.au, it’s more compelling to purchase, rather than rent, a home in most states […]

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How long will it take for the Aussie economy to return to growth?

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-long-will-it-take-for-the-australian-economy-to-return-to-growth-013515485.html Yahoo Finance| 9 September 2020 The Australian economy is set to end 2020 lower than what it began but economists expect better years ahead. The Reserve Bank believes it will take until 2022 for the economy to reach its pre-COVID levels — a view shared by several other economists in the private sector including from […]

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Is this a window of opportunity for property?

The property market is rapidly approaching crunch time – where there will be multiple winners and losers. The end of this month is D-Day for the 450,000 borrowers who deferred home loan payments. Some will be able to recommence making payments, but for others this could mark the start of a series of tough conversations […]

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