Experts change their forecast to predict a cash rate drop next year

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

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At home with technology

The 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

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Market set to tip in favour of buyers: November state of the market analysis

Property 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

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New rules on foreign investment ‘absurd’

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

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Home truths: high prices are here to stay

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

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Housing bubble debate: Dwelling shortage may not be as bad as believed

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

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Worst is yet to come: Goldman Sachs

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

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APRA warns bank lending standards are being stretched

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

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Home prices ‘flat as a pancake’ for the next decade

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

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RBA slammed for property investor U-turn

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)

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