http://www.thebull.com.au/articles/a/57852-owner-occupiers-to-offset-investors.html AAP| 25 January 2016 First home buyers are expected to help offset a fall in demand from property investors in the next 12 months. ME Bank’s latest Property Buying Intentions report, based on an…
MSN Money – 7 Jan, 2016 By Angus Whitley http://www.msn.com/en-au/money/personalfinance/ferrari-and-porsche-feel-the-love-from-aussie-housing-bonanza/ar-AAgsh4a Ferrari sales in Australia soared to a record last year and demand for Porsche sports cars jumped as the country’s property boom encouraged homeowners to…
MSN Money – 31 Dec, 2015 Garry Shilson-Josling, AAP Economist http://www.msn.com/en-au/money/homeandproperty/investor-housing-credit-slowed-in-november/ar-BBo4xp3 Housing credit growth stayed steady in November, but the focus of growth shifted further away from investors and towards home-buyers. The value of housing…
The Bull – 21 December, 2015 By Rodney Maddock, Monash University http://www.thebull.com.au/premium/a/57308-risk-on-interest-rates-could-stay-low-for-decades.html When a central bank lifts interest rate targets by 0.5% it expects households and firms to respond. In a crisis, the official target may fall…
MSN – 15 December 2015 By AAP http://www.msn.com/en-au/money/homeandproperty/rba-boss-happy-housing-is-cooling/ar-BBnB8Hl The Reserve Bank governor is relieved that the housing market is showing signs of cooling, especially in Sydney. In an interview with the Australian Financial Review, Glenn…
The New Daily – 14 December 2015 By Rod Myer http://thenewdaily.com.au/money/2015/12/14/housing-boom-hit-apartment-building-wave/ The champagne days for house prices in Melbourne and Sydney are over. Here’s what the experts are predicting in your city. Perth property prices…
2015 has been an amazing year for brokers. As the year draws to a close it has a feel that the action is moving to new sectors of the property market. Source: Corelogic RP Data…
Smart Property Investment – 23 November, 2015 By Jack Needham http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au/news/14863-investors-slapped-with-increased-rates?utm_source=SPI&utm_campaign=investorsecrets23_11_2015&utm_medium=email Investors and homeowners alike are going to be feeling a little worse off this week, following the introduction of a new round of rate hikes –…
Australian Financial Review – 17 November, 2015 By Simon Evans http://www.msn.com/en-au/money/news/some-sydney-and-melbourne-property-buyers-are-eyeing-a-new-market/ar-BBn5DYz Exasperated by the sharp run-up in residential property prices in Sydney and Melbourne, some buyers are turning their sights to the inner ring of…
CoreLogic – 10 November, 2015 Bu Cameron Kusher http://blog.corelogic.com.au/2015/11/investor-housing-demand-continues-to-fall-sharply/ The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released housing finance data for September 2015 earlier this week. The broad housing finance trends show that demand from the…
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