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Australia's obsession with bigger and better property is making it less and less affordable
Australia's obsession with bigger and better property is making it less and less affordable By Catherine Cashmore Tuesday, 03 April 2012 We’re about to launch into the mid-season compulsion...
We're in the Money!
There seems to be a perceptible ‘sigh of relief’ across Australia now that spending has started once again. As Deputy Governor of the RBA, Phil Lowe, pointed out in a recent speech earlier last week...
Can you really call “price growth” in a housing market that locks a growing percentage of first home buyers out a ‘recovery?’
Can you really call “price growth” in a housing market that locks a growing percentage of first home buyers out a ‘recovery?’ I wrote a few weeks ago regarding the potential stagnation that is...
They'll be no housing recovery, until we see a construction recovery.
There'll be No Housing Recovery, until there’s a Construction Recovery. Last week Michael Yardney re-published his rundown of Australia’s market cycles from the 1980’s onwards. The...
Where have all the price quotes gone?
When did agent price quotes become a state secret? By Catherine Cashmore I must have missed when price quotes became a state secret because – barring a few exceptions – they used to be...
The Property Chain
The Property Chain In comparison to first home buyers – and even owner occupiers, investor activity has been dominant over the previous 12 months which is no surprise - banks are ‘bidding’ for...
Does increasing supply 'per-se' really assist in the provision of affordable accommodation?
When I first arrived in Australia from a relatively small town in the UK, the high-rise developments that were starting to dominate the inner CBD skyline provoked a sense of excitement. The thought of residing in one...
Negative gearing - how does it really affect the market for home buyers and renters?
It’s always interesting to see the outrage provoked in the real estate industry by housing affordability reports – whether they come from the Annual Demographica survey or publications in magazines such...
So is Australia’s housing market ‘unaffordable’ or not??
So is Australia’s housing market ‘unaffordable’ or not?? What we really lack in Australia is a realistic vision of how our housing market should appear. There are too many conflicting voices...
Don't be so quick to buy property
Don't be so quick to buy property By Catherine Cashmore Tuesday, 31 January 2012 Like many other industry professionals, I’m often accused of “talking up” the market for my own...