The Bull.com.au – 27 November, 2014 By AAP http://www.thebull.com.au/articles/a/50522-new-rules-on-foreign-investment-‘absurd’.html Recommendations to tighten rules around foreign investment in Australian housing have been labelled “absurd”, with a prominent economist saying they could damage the economy by weakening…
The Sydney Morning Herald – 26 November, 2014 By Ross Gittins http://www.smh.com.au/comment/home-truths-high-prices-are-here-to-stay-20141125-11t753.html Why are house prices so extraordinarily high? Short answer: because Australians have an unusual relationship with their homes. The reasons for that strange relationship…
ABC News – 6 November, 2014 By Michael Janda http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-04/housing-bubble-debate-dwelling-shortage-not-as-bad-as-believed/5864714 The long running Australian housing bubble debate has heated up this year, as prices in the nation’s two key markets jump and housing investment debt…
The Sydney Morning Herald – 27 October, 2014. Bloomberg http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/worst-is-yet-to-come-goldman-sachs-20141027-11chrc.html For Goldman Sachs, the worst is ahead for Australia and housing-bubble concerns will fade as the focus shifts to slowing jobs growth and inflation. The…
The Sydney Morning Herald – 23 October 2014 By Gareth Hutchens, James Eyers and Misa Han http://www.smh.com.au/business/apra-warns-bank-lending-standards-are-being-stretched-20141022-119z8r.html Australia’s financial regulator has completed a “comprehensive” stress test of the biggest banks and believes lending standards are…
The Sydney Morning Herald – 23 October, 2014. By Stephen Nicholls http://smh.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/home-prices-flat-as-a-pancake-for-the-next-decade-20141024-11aspy.html Australia’s property prices will be “flat as a pancake” over the next decade, Domain Group senior economist Dr Andrew Wilson says. The resources…
The Bull.com.au By AAP – 22 October, 2014 http://www.thebull.com.au/articles/a/49619-rba-slammed-for-property-investor-u-turn.html The Reserve Bank has been slammed for doing too little too late to curb risky lending to property investors. The Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW)…
TheBull.com.au – 29 Sept, 2014 By Claire Matthews, Massey University http://www.thebull.com.au/premium/a/49029-home-loan-limits-and-buffers-won’t-stop-a-housing-bubble.html Australia’s central bank has formally flagged the use of macroprudential tools to address what it called “unbalanced” lending in its most recent Financial Stability…
AMP Capital – 24 September, 2014 Dr. Shane Oliver http://www.ampcapital.com.au/article-detail?alias=/olivers-insights/september-2014/australian-house-prices-a-bit-too-hot-in-parts&audience=2 Introduction As the mining investment boom deflates, in order for Australia to rebalance its economy, a pick-up in demand for homes and house prices in…
Property Observer – 5 September, 201 Jennifer Duke http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/forward-planning/investment-strategy/market-trends/35349-the-factors-that-could-trigger-sydney-and-melbourne-s-price-growth-slowdown-rp-data.html? Winter’s property prices gains recorded by the RP Data CoreLogic Home Value Index were the largest rises across capital cities for the period since 2007. No…
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