Articles by Eliza Owen

Eliza Owen

Eliza is head Of Residential Research Australia for Corelogic and a respected property market commentator. Eliza holds a first class honours degree in economics from the University of Sydney

I’m sure you’ve heard of the “fixed rate cliff” – a term used to describe the expiry of a significantly larger than average number of fixed-term loan facilities, which were secured between mid-2020 and mid-2022. CoreLogic published a note outlining what we knew about the so-called ‘fixed-rate cliff’ in February this year. It was a forward…

A surge in overseas migrants and international students coupled with a significant shortfall in rental listings has led to the strongest annual rental increase on record for Australia’s capitals. CoreLogic’s national dwelling rental index recorded an increase of 0.8% for April, up 2.8% over the past three months and 10.1% higher for the year. The…

Following ten consecutive rate hikes, mortgage holders may be relieved to learn that the Reserve Bank (RBA) is slowly getting closer to taming inflation. The ABS inflation figures for March showed further signs of gradual cooling in the economy, including a pronounced slowdown in inflation for the construction of new dwellings. On a quarterly basis,…

The International Monetary Fund has released its latest publications on the global economic outlook, ranking Australia as the second-highest country for ‘housing market risk’ out of 27 countries, behind Canada. Some of the outcomes associated with this risk include a sharp housing market decline, which could have implications for economic growth and financial stability. So,…

Women in Australia continue to trail men in the homeownership stakes amid crippling interest rate rises and falling home values. CoreLogic’s 2023 Women & Property report released ahead of International Women’s Day, found men were associated with ownership of 3.1% more of the housing stock analysed than women. Female-only ownership of dwellings was 26.8%, while…

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