Triple Buffers Will Absorb Rate Rises
Our national obsession has taken a break from sport and focused on the one thing many home buyers worry about but have little control over – interest rates. [...]
The Week In Real Estate 26 February 2022
Quote Of The Week“We have lifted our price forecasts for this year to reflect the stronger market momentum coming into 2022.”ANZ senior economist Felicity EmmettBuyers Optimistic For 2022 PurchasesRising prices [...]
New Vic tax adds to house costs
What do governments do when they decide they need to raise a bit of revenue? They introduce a new tax. And if it’s a Government in Australia we [...]
15-20% Capital Growth Before The House Is Built
Property investment outcomes don’t get much better than this. You sign a contract to have a house built and before the house is completed its market [...]
“State of the States” provides clues to growth markets
I’ve said many times that people should ignore what bank economists say when they decide to dip their toe into property market analysis – a subject which is [...]
The Week In Real Estate 19 February 2022
Quote Of The Week “We were expecting a drop in vacancies over January due to seasonality, however the drops were larger than expected. And worse for tenants, the weekly [...]
The Exodus To Affordable Lifestye Is A Long-term Trend
Media keeps telling us that the trend I call the Exodus to Affordable Lifestyle was caused by Covid and that once the pandemic is dealt with [...]
NAB report is nation’s worst at forecasting prices
Perhaps the worst property forecast report published each year is the NAB Residential Property Survey. NAB publishes its survey results every February, presenting forecasts for what it says [...]
Strong Price Growth Continues
The smaller capital cities and some of the key regional areas are leading the strong price growth that continues to sweep across Australia. The February report on prices [...]
Housing Affordability in 2022
When politicians want to give the impression of doing something, while changing nothing, they bring on an inquiry – or, even better, a royal commission. The latest inquiry [...]
The Week In Real Estate 12 February 2022
Quote Of The Week “We’ve seen auction volumes tracking more than 30% higher than the same time last year, especially across the smaller capitals. And this really highlights the [...]
Land Tax – Yet Another Disincentive For Investors
It’s perhaps not as hated or understood as that most insidious of property charges, stamp duty, but ever since it was introduced in Australia almost 140 years ago, [...]
