What’s happened to Australian GDP growth in the June quarter? How will vaccination affect economic growth in 2022? These are some of the questions answered by Dr. Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist, in his recent Insights article. Here’s what he had to say…. Three months ago there was much optimism about…
Sure the property markets are booming around Australia, but the rising tide isn’t lifting all ships equally. And the rising tide has left some locations behind. The latest Domain House Price Report shows that while the property boom rages on everywhere, there are eight areas across Australia where median house prices fell over the past year….
Less than two weeks out from the spring selling season of 2021, lockdown conditions are in place across the ACT, Greater Melbourne, and NSW. More recently, major centres across the Northern Territory have been plunged into a snap lockdown. In the decade prior to COVID-19, sales and listings volumes would typically rise from September to…
The last 18 months have been all about adapting, pivoting, and reinventing in a new way of living, particularly when it comes to business. So what does the future spectrum hold? ServiceNow has partnered with Australia’s leading demographer and business analyst, Bernard Salt AM, to explore the history of Australian ways of working and share…
Sydney’s luxury home market will be world’s strongest prime property market in 2021 according to international property consultancy Knight Frank with prices forecast to rise faster than envisaged just six months ago. However in 2022, Australia’s biggest city, crowned the most improved prime residential market, will share the top spot with London, with both cities…
So, Brisbane got the good news recently — we will host the 2032 Olympic Games! But what will that mean for our property market? If history is anything to go by, home buyers and investors could be in for some strong property gains. CoreLogic has highlighted that Sydney property values jumped 60% between the Olympic…
How good are you at budgeting? Are you prepared for new major expenses that may come your way? A substantial number of Australians are starting parenthood without a healthy savings fund, according to new research by Finder, Australia’s most visited comparison site. According to Finder’s Parenting Report 2021, which surveyed 1,033 parents of children under…
Australia’s property prices have increased much higher than what the market would have seen if the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t exist. House prices in most capital cities were expected to enter a cyclical upswing at the start of 2020, a new KPMG Economics report shows, but the global pandemic has supercharged that growth far beyond what…
It’s the only Australian city that has suffered through four hard lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. But, despite the hurdles over the past 18 months, it has still managed to take the prize as the world’s best city to work from home. That’s right. It’s Melbourne. And it’s hardly too surprising given Melbourne is also…
CoreLogic’s Auction Market Review for the June quarter of 2021 shows 31,605 homes were taken to auction across the combined capital cities in the three months to June 2021. These figures make it the busiest quarter for auctions since the December 2017 quarter when 32,408 capital city auctions were held. In comparison, the March 2021…
