12th May 2016 | Julia Corderoy | Australian Broker http://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/foreign-lending-crackdown-wont-damage-property-market-215825.aspx The bank crackdown on foreign lending will impact the Australian property market, but its effects won’t be too far-reaching, a prominent broker has said. Speaking…
11th May 2016 | Abbas Valadkhani, Russell Smyth | The Conversation http://theconversation.com/the-herd-driven-housing-bubble-that-could-trigger-an-apartment-bust-57626 The price gap between houses and apartments in many Australian cities is closing as property investors exhibit a significant degree of herding behaviour,…
10th May 2016 | Saul Eslake | The Conversation http://theconversation.com/what-the-reserve-bank-memo-really-says-about-negative-gearing-59169 A memo on the subject of housing taxation from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is stirring up debate on proposed changes to negative gearing…
16 March 2016 | AAP Home loan approvals have slumped to a seven-month low in the first month of 2016, during the traditionally slow holiday season. The number of home loans approved in January fell…
14 March 2016 | Jessica Irvine | SMH It’s been called “nailing granny to the floor”. Many older Australians live lives of relative income poverty because policies discourage them from downsizing and accessing the equity…
9 March 2016 | Brendan McCool | International Business Times Property is one of the most talked about aspects of Australian life, with complaints about how it’s almost impossible for Gen Y-ers to own their own home, to…
16 February 2016 | Business Think You are more likely to change your wife than your bank, UNSW Business School researcher Rob Nicholls remembers hearing when he was at school. And he finds ample evidence that…
http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2016/02/economics-and-monetary-policy The Economist| February 5 2016 CENTRAL banks have become the most powerful economic actors on the planet. In part, this is because governments have been so reluctant, since 2009, to use fiscal policy to…
http://www.couriermail.com.au/realestate/while-the-property-market-is-expected-to-ease-a-bit-in-2016-there-are-still-pockets-predicted-to-perform-well/news-story/8296ddd79cb74270ad4c582f430c09b4 Michelle Hele| Courier Mail| February 2 2016 PROPERTY price growth is predicted to slow down in 2016, but valuers Herron Todd White have revealed in their latest Month in Review that there are some…
The New Daily – 27 January, 2016 By Rod Myer http://thenewdaily.com.au/money/2016/01/27/consumers-give-houses-spend-retail/ Housing finance applications are falling as consumers abandon the property market in favour of spending on cars and household items. Fed up with an…
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