Will Labor Cause a Housing Crash?

Given that current polling points to a change of Federal government in 2019, it’s timely to consider Labor’s policies and how they may affect property investors.To help separate partisan politics from financial fact, I was recently joined by Julian Cheng, Tax Director of Pitcher Partners
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Is There More Downside to Come?

Australian Property Market Update 2 October, 2018 In this month’s update, I’ll highlight the 5000-year history of interest rates, yesterday’s uneventful RBA monetary policy decision, and seller reticence in light of waning demand.But first, here are the latest property market stats…The Auction MarketThanks to the AFL and NRL Grand
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Spring Headwinds a Threat to Sellers

Australian Property Market Update 4th September, 2018 The Auction MarketSaturday marked the first day of the Spring selling season, but someone apparently forgot to let both the buyers and sellers know. The nationwide preliminary clearance rate of 58.2 percent was essentially on par with (only slightly higher than)
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The Property Volcano

With the exception of Hobart, where property prices continue on their bull run, elsewhere around Australia, and in Melbourne and Sydney in particular, real estate has an unpleasant stink about it at the moment.Depending on how pessimistic you are, and from where you get your
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The Recession We Need to Have

Australian Property Market Update 7th August, 2018 Housing Supply and DemandOver the past month, the nationwide auction clearance rate has continued to hover around the low-to-mid-50s. These are the lowest consistent results recorded since 2012. The total number of auctions held across the country over the past month
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Rain & Real Estate Rainbows

 CoreLogic has released their June 2018 house price data, and the results are underwhelming. Here are the highlights:Australian dwelling values fell for the ninth consecutive monthHouse prices fell in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and CanberraHouse prices rose in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and DarwinSydney house prices have
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