We know that falling interest rates were one of the major factors stimulating the “once in a generation” housing boom Australia experienced in 2021, and now there is concern that rising interest rates will slow down house price growth and possibly even cause a housing slump. But what effect will rising interest rates have on…
Australia’s property market has shown signs of easing as the current cycle of strong growth and heightened buy demand begins to wind down, according to the latest PropTrack Housing Market Indicators report. Easter and Anzac’s long weekends, combined with the ongoing federal election campaign and the threat of interest rate rises in April disrupted the…
For the first time in 11 years, the RBA increased rates and we’re still expecting them to increase sharply over the rest of 2022. We already know that there’s a slowdown in-home price growth in part due to affordability issues, concerns with overseas geopolitical tensions, an upcoming election, and rising inflation, but no doubt exacerbated…
While Australia’s property market started strongly in 2022, concern about an increasing cash rate, rising inflation, overseas geopolitical issues and an ongoing federal election campaign saw property price growth stall across our capital cities over the last few months. In April, prices across the country increased at their slowest monthly pace since May 2020, the…
There are probably just as many traps as there are tips when it comes to property investment. The thing is property investment tips or opinions are just like belly buttons… everyone has one but they’re not really useful once you’ve been born! I’ve developed our property investment strategy over many years, but not everyone has to…
We all know that all property booms eventually come to an end, so what will happen to property prices when the current boom is over? Property booms don’t all finish in the same way. Booms, where investors have been heavily involved, can become superheated bubbles, and then they bust, with prices crashing. In fact, as…
How soon should we be expecting rates to be raised? How will the rate-raising affect the economic recovery? These and other questions were raised and answered by Dr Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy and Economics and Chief Economist at AMP in his recent Insight. For the first time since November 2010, the RBA has…
Let’s start with some numbers. There were 717,000 new home loans across Australia over the last twelve months. This excludes refinancing. This is up by 31% from the year before. Around half of these loans were to owner residents who have bought a dwelling in the past. These borrowers are what the real estate industry…
The Reserve Bank of Australia is under increasing pressure to raise the cash rate after headline and underlying inflation posted a stronger than expected result in Q1. Concerns about the impact of inflation and potentially rapidly rising interest rates on the property market abound, but a myriad of micro and macro factors should be considered…
One of the most notorious land scams ever experienced in Australia took place on Russell Island, which is located in southern Moreton Bay and is just a short trip by ferry from the city centre. Even though it is technically part of Greater Brisbane, the island was largely uninhabited when some enterprising property developers bought…
