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The property type defying the downturn, for now

Kate Burke| Domain| 20 June 2022 Australia house prices: The property type defying the downturn, for now (smh.com.au) Property prices for cheaper homes are holding up the best in Sydney and Melbourne’s cooling markets, while affordable homes are seeing the strongest growth in most other cities. Less expensive properties outperformed their pricier counterparts over the […]

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Swapping stamp duty for land tax would push down house prices but push up apartment prices, new modelling finds

Jason Nassios & James Giesecke| The Conversation| 20 June 2022 Swapping stamp duty for land tax would push down house prices but push up apartment prices, new modelling finds (theconversation.com) In Tuesday’s budget, NSW will announce a switch from stamp duty to land tax. It will become the second Australian jurisdiction to do so, with the […]

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Domain Spotlight Report – New South Wales

Domain Research| 23 June 2022 Domain Spotlight Report – New South Wales It’s no secret that the NSW property market is the priciest in Australia, and Sydney competes on a global scale as one of the world’s most expensive cities in which to purchase a home. Though you’ll be hard-pressed to match the lifestyle and […]

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The housing game has changed – interest rate hikes hurt more than before

Joey Moloney and Breandan Coates| The Conversation| 7 June 2022 The housing game has changed – interest rate hikes hurt more than before (theconversation.com) The Reserve Bank has lifted the cash rate for the second time in two months, this time by 0.50 points to 0.85%. It won’t be the last such hike. Forecasters expect […]

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NSW to introduce ‘shared equity’ scheme to boost home ownership

Phoebe Loomes| New Daily| 19 June 2022 NSW to introduce ‘shared equity’ scheme to boost home ownership (thenewdaily.com.au) Frontline workers and singles over 50 will receive “a leg up” into the NSW property market, with the state government to introduce a shared equity housing scheme in this week’s budget. Premier Dominic Perrottet says housing affordability is […]

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Buyer beware: The choice between land tax and stamp duty

Robert Harley| Australian Financial Review| 23 June 2022 https://www.afr.com/property/commercial/buyer-beware-the-choice-between-land-tax-and-stamp-duty-20220622-p5avlt Karl Fitzgerald, the advocacy director at Prosper Australia, is a strong believer in the benefits of replacing property stamp duty with a broad-based land tax. But he has a warning for first-home buyers attracted to the Perrottet government’s proposal for an opt-in annual land tax to replace stamp […]

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Three-quarters of SMEs believe bank appetite has decreased

Three-quarters of SMEs believe bank appetite has decreased

Annie Kane | The Adviser | 7 May 2019 https://www.theadviser.com.au/breaking-news/39077-three-quarters-of-smes-believe-bank-appetite-has-decreased Seventy-four per cent of small business owners believe that bank appetite for SME lending has decreased this financial year, while 30 per cent believe that access to capital is the biggest impediment to growth this year. According to a recent survey conducted by specialist business […]

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Where home prices rose and fell the most in every Australian capital city over the past year

Where home prices rose and fell the most in every Australian capital city over the past year

David Scutt | Business Insider Australia | 10 May 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-house-prices-best-worst-performing-capital-city-2019-5 Australia’s median home price slumped 7.2% in the year to April. An even larger 8.4% decline was recorded in the capital cities in average weighted terms. The price falls in some regional capital city markets were substantially larger than the national average. In others, […]

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Majors commit to HEM alternatives

Majors commit to HEM alternatives

Madison Utley | Australian Broker | 9 May 2019 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/majors-commit-to-hem-alternatives-262695.aspx As Westpac and ASIC continue to clash over responsible lending measures and the big four face remediation bills of more than $5bn, focus has turned once again to the need to improve responsible lending frameworks. The HEM system –  which was repeatedly scrutinised during royal commission hearings, […]

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A Shot in the Arm for the Property Market

A Shot in the Arm for the Property Market

Three events occurred recently that will inject life into the property market. First, the ALP lost the Federal Election – removing the threats to negative gearing. Then the Australian Prudential Regulator (APRA) announced changes to lending policy that will make getting a loan easier And, on the same day, the Reserve Bank (RBA) telegraphed that […]

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Good luck forecasting house prices, but one worm has turned

Michael Pascoe| The New Daily| 4 December 2018 there’s no praise or notice for saying what “everybody else” is saying. This leads to the outlier forecasts, the predictions above or below the consensus. These are the ones most likely to get the forecaster’s name in the newspaper and, thus, there is a temptation to go a […]

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Revealed: The Regional Boomtowns Where Home Prices Are Soaring

Isabelle Lane| The New Daily| 28 November 2018 As the property downturn deepens in Sydney and Melbourne, investors are turning their attention to once-ignored regional markets, with one town standing out among the pack of top performers. No longer in Melbourne’s shadow, the Victorian port city of Geelong is the nation’s best performing regional market, according to a new report […]

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