The Reserve Bank is certainly going to town on its housing market speeches at the moment, as I previously noted here. Recently the head of Financial Stability, Luci Ellis, gave a speech in Sydney, they key themes of which I summarise below.
How has the housing market performed when adjusted for inflation?
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Home values are typically looked at in unadjusted or nominal terms however, adjusting for the effects of inflation can provide a useful insight into how the housing market has performed and why home value growth has picked up over recent times.
The real reason why the RBA cut interest rates
May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
You’d have to be living under a rock not to know that the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to historic lows on Tuesday 7th May. Everyone tweeted about it and sent out emails – that’s why I didn’t!
As someone interested in property investment, what I find much more interesting is why they did it and this is explained clearly in a statement by Governor Glenn Stevens, where he says… [Read more...]
Why I Want Property Values to Remain Subdued
May 5, 2013 by 1 Comment
This may sound strange that someone who has many investment properties would want property values to remain subdued.
Well, let me put to you a counter argument to the normal rhetoric for property growth.
Saturday Summary – the most interesting property investment articles I’ve read this week.
May 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
There are more property investment articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the interesting ones I’ve read during the week.
Enjoy your weekend…and please forward to your friends by clicking a social link buttons on the left.
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Property investors back in the market
May 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Property investors are back in the market buoyed by increasing consumer confidence and all the good news they’re hearing about the real estate markets turning the corner last year.
Look what’s happening to Australia’s population growth
April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Population growth is ramping up again and that’s good for our property markets
The September 2012 Demographic Statistics were released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics recently. The statistics revealed that population growth is continuing to accelerate in the lead-up to a Federal election.
With the escalating level of population growth a hot topic in the lead-up to the previous Federal Election, in the lead-up to this year’s election population growth is once again ramping up. [Read more...]
Low inflation keeps door open for RBA on interest rates
April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the Consumer Price Index figures for the first quarter of 2013 earlier this week.
Saturday Summary – the most interesting property investment articles I’ve read this week.
April 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There are more property investment articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the interesting ones I’ve read during the week.
Enjoy your weekend…and please forward to your friends by clicking a social link buttons on the left.
Can the property market keep growing at the same rate?
April 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Combined capital city home values rose by 2.8% over the first quarter of 2013 but the highly seasonal nature of the market suggests that this level of value growth is unlikely to be maintained throughout the rest of the year.
According to the rpdata-Rismark Home Value Index, capital city home values rose by 2.8% over the first quarter of 2013.
This represents quite strong growth over the quarter and if it were to be maintained it would result in capital city dwelling values rising 11.2% over the full calendar year.
If history is anything to go by, this rate of capital growth is unlikely to continue. [Read more...]
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