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Australian households are stuck in survival mode, according to Finder’s Cost of Living Report 2023, which has combined data from Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker (CST) and Finder’s Reserve Bank of Australia Survey. It has uncovered the far-reaching impacts of the cost of living crisis. Rising costs have impacted the majority of Australians Some of the…
Investor confidence was battered last year with eight consecutive rate rises, but will this year be any better for our property markets? In all the current uncertainty, it’s good to know that there are some property market indicators that point the way forward and help us time those critical turning points. To demonstrate how they…
Inflation is set to fade. Inflation expectations are falling, with implied forecasts dropping to around 2-year lows in the US. Australia’s 3-year bond yield is trading at 2.79 per cent yesterday morning, which is of course a long way below the current cash rate target of 3.60 per cent. I reckon it will be important…
The rental markets across the country continue to be tight, with a high demand for rentals that surpasses the available supply. Consequently, there is an upward trend in weekly rents, and vacancy rates are declining. The pandemic has exacerbated this situation, with vacancy rates plummeting by 50%, highlighting the severity of the conditions in most…
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If you’ve been following the news lately, you might have noticed that there seem to be a lot of mixed signals about the state of the property market. While some commentators are warning of a looming property market crash due to rising interest rates, the statistics that came out at the beginning of the month…
We are all aware that central banks around the world have been hiking interest rates to reduce inflation back to normal levels. The US economy, and particularly the labour market, have been more resilient than most expected. This means the US central bank might have to hike interest rates higher than in other jurisdictions to…
Sydney unit prices are now rising, and I believe will continue to do so for a number of reasons. Firstly, interest rates are at or close to their peak now, with Australia’s 3-year bond yield trading down towards 2.7 per cent, from around 3.7 per cent only a few weeks ago. This largely reflects the…
Have you ever bumped into someone with the same birthday as you? What about someone sharing a birthday in your workplace? How common is a shared birthday, anyway? The birthday problem, as it’s called by mathematicians, reveals problems with our understanding of number theory, probabilities and our assumptions of how the world works. It comes…
I’ve found high achievers, be they property investors, business people or entrepreneurs do things in a certain way and think in a certain way. After looking at the lives of certain great men, Abayomi Jegede was able to come up with 13 rules that high achievers never break. He suggests that if you obey these…
It has been very well reported that many mortgage holders will soon be paying much higher interest rates when their fixed rate terms expire. It is estimated that $478 billion worth of fixed-rate mortgages is due to expire in 2023. In addition, borrowers may also have to navigate the end of an interest-only term, which…
