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Finances across Australian households remain resilient in 2023, even despite the rising cost of living and pressure on mortgage holders as interest rates continue to climb. After falling 9.1% in the 10 months to February 2023, it is becoming increasingly clear the housing market has moved through an inflection point, posting a number of consecutive…
Have you considered refinancing your loan? Maybe you’re wondering how much borrowers need to pay to refinance their home loans? According to Canstar, the average cost to refinance an owner-occupied home loan in Australia is $803. This includes fees such as the discharge, application, valuation, documentation, legal and settlement costs. Canstar pointed out that to…
The June cash rate decision doused hopes for many Australians that rate hikes were nearing an end. It prompted the major bank economists to reset their forecasts for the terminal cash rate to at least 4.35%, dragged on consumer sentiment, and may take some steam out of the recent housing market recovery. Of the 400…
Today Dr Andrew Wilson and I will be addressing all the talk about Australia falling into a recession. We will share the latest immigration statistics which show Australia increased its population by almost half a million people in 2022, and we’ll explain what the latest unemployment figures suggest is ahead for our economy and interest…
Melbourne house values have increased a mere 1.6% between the onset of COVID in March 2020 and the end of May 2023. Every other capital city has seen double-digit growth, ranging from a 16.5% gain in Sydney to a 45.2% surge in Adelaide house values during that period. Melbourne homeowners might be disappointed at the…
Australians who have no place to call “home” is increasing, and that should not be happening in Australia where we have one of the highest standards of living in the world. In fact, the most recent count of rough sleepers in NSW recorded 1,623 people compared to 1,207 people last year. Regional areas are particularly…
There’s been plenty of attention on the supply and demand deficit contributing to the Australian property market’s resilience. As of May, new listings added to the market were -20% below the previous decade’s monthly average across Australia and the ‘months of supply’ ratio, which measures the amount of time it would take to deplete stock…
So after a few years of hard work, you’ve got a neat little fund set up, and you know that one of the best long-term ways to invest your money is to put it in property. You’ve heard the success stories of million-dollar portfolios, of investors who have managed to retire early on high-growth properties…
All investment asset classes move in cycles. Investment returns are almost never linear. As such, investors must expect good and bad periods, which is why patience and discipline are big contributors to an investor’s success. I suspect that commercial property investors’ patience and discipline are about to be tested. This asset class is facing a…
In good news for those stuck in “mortgage prison”, Australia’s biggest bank, CBA, has announced it will lower the stress test on select refinance applications from 3 percentage points to just 1 percentage point. By the APRA guidelines, banks are required to subject all new mortgage applications, including refinancing, to stress tests. But moves by…
