Finder.com.au - 6 December, 2014. Michelle Hutchison http://www.finder.com.au/press-release-experts-change-their-forecast-to-predict-a-cash-rate-drop-next-year December 6, 2014, Sydney – Australia's biggest Reserve Bank Survey by finder.com.au shows eight experts are now forecasting a possible cash rate drop next year – five
Read MoreThe Economist.com - 29 November, 2014 http://www.economist.com/news/business/21635019-internet-hasnt-wiped-out-estate-agents-some-online-firms-are-still-trying-home The internet hasn’t wiped out estate agents. But some online firms are still trying STEP into an estate agency in small-town America and it is as if the
Read MoreProperty Observer - 27 November, 2014 By Arek Drozda http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/forward-planning/investment-strategy/market-trends/38379-market-set-to-tip-in-favour-of-buyers-november-state-of-the-market-analysis.html? GUEST OBSERVATION Market outlook: unchanged - neutral with negative bias Attractiveness of renting as a preferred accommodation option continues (as at December 2014). Purchase affordability
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreABC 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreThe 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)
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