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New research suggests that property investors may hold onto an asset in a declining market for longer than they should out of fear of making a loss. Such a decision can be especially financially damaging for highly leveraged investors who bought at the peak of the market with the expectation that prices would keep rising. […]
Australian Market Update: Property prices in many state capitals now rank among some of the world’s priciest, with Australia’s five biggest cities named as ‘severely unaffordable’, according to Demographia, an international housing affordability think tank. In its 2017 annual report, the group ranked Sydney the world’s second least affordable city, with house prices almost 13 […]
Australian Scene According to AAP, home prices across Australia’s capital cities, based on median sales prices in each market and potentially skewed by more higher end sales and fewer mid and low market sales, have continued to increase, rising an average of 10.2 per cent in the year to June, thanks to strong growth in […]
AUSTRALIAN SCENE BankWest recently published its 2017 Housing Density Report which reveals long-term trends in Australia’s housing density by examining the nation’s dwelling approvals over time. It looks at trends at a state and capital city level by monitoring the number and proportion of medium density dwelling (units, townhouses and apartments) approvals compared to total […]
If you’ve been contemplating a sale, there is some indication from experts that now may be the ideal time to sell up and capitalise on growth markets. With growing concern from economists that Australia’s housing market is in a bubble and has reached its peak, there’s a feeling that a significant correction is imminent, especially […]
Economist and former Liberal leader John Hewson recently came out saying that Australia’s housing market is in a bubble caused by the “neglect and drift” of successive state and federal governments. ASIC boss Greg Medcraft recently mentioned a bubble and the Commonwealth Treasury secretary John Fraser also declaring a bubble in parts of Sydney and […]
We’ve all read the news reports about decrepit cottages and tiny garages fetching sky high prices, so it will come as little shock to learn that property in Australia and New Zealand’s major cities rates among the least affordable on the globe. The 13th International Housing Affordability Survey on global house prices was recently released […]