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‘Correction’: The banks are predicting the biggest housing crash in decades. But will they be right?

https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/property/2022/02/09/banks-house-prices/ Matthew Elmas| The New Daily| 9 February 2022 There has been a big change in the outlook for house prices in the past week – two of Australia’s major banks are now predicting the biggest crash in decades. After two years of rapidly rising prices, most home owners have gained more wealth from their […]

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Australia’s property market hits $688 billion in sales, up 57% in 12 months

https://www.pexa.com.au/news/australias-property-market-hits-688-billion-in-sales-up-57-in-12-months PEXA News Release| 9 February 2022 The Australian property market has proven its strength as the backbone of the nation’s economy during the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the national aggregate value of property sale settlements growing a massive 57% from 2020, with Australians spending more than $688 billion on property in 2021. The Property and […]

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Housing supply needs to be more flexible: RBA governor

https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/16488-housing-supply-needs-to-be-more-flexible-rba-governor Annie Kane| Mortgage Business| 14 February 2022 The supply of “well-located” land needs to be addressed to improve housing affordability, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Philip Lowe, has said. Speaking to the House of Representatives standing committee on economics for its hearing on monetary policy on Friday (11 February), the governor […]

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Economists predict interest rates will surge soon despite Reserve Bank’s assurances

https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/economists-predict-interest-rates-will-surge-soon-despite-reserve-banks-assurances-279534.aspx Mina Martin| Australian Broker| 7 February 2022 Economists remain adamant when it comes to predicting a cash rate increase this year, despite Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest economic forecast suggesting it might be some way off. RBA’s quarterly statement on monetary policy predicted faster economic growth in the near term as well as a […]

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Threat of ‘postcode discrimination’ as credit scores skewed by where you live

Daniel Ziffer| ABC| 7 February 2022 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-07/threat-of-postcode-discrimination-in-credit-scores/100723574?fbclid=IwAR36VZplMBBVdFVzo7YDscYRWs92ab_vJNQ-7i9-SPHlscyAeKvbn7hkI9M Where you live could determine if you can get a mortgage, with Australia’s biggest credit scoring company now applying postcode data when assessing applications. Key points: People’s credit scores are used by banks in determining if they should be approved for loans and credit cards Market leader Equifax […]

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More changes to finance

A new approach to lending could have a dramatic impact on whether Australians can get a mortgage. A letter sent from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to the banks shows how it is developing an arsenal of weapons to stop the market getting away from itself. Already this month, lending changes enforced by APRA […]

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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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Property price falls trigger buyer’s remorse, but long-term perspective is needed

Isabelle Lane| The New Daily|4 December 2018 A survey of 1500 current and prospective home buyers by home loan lender ME found home owners who bought their properties in the past year were significantly more worried about the impact of prices falling than those who had bought three or more years ago. Almost half (46 per cent) of those who […]

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Capital city land price boom continues

Pete Wargent BlogSpot\ 23 October 2018 http://petewargent.blogspot.com/2018/10/land-price-boom-continues.html Land prices up another 16 per cent Property transaction volumes have been crippled in recent months. But one key dynamic has not changed. The capital cities continue to create hundreds of thousands of the most favourable employment opportunities…and there still ain’t any more well-located land. Capital city vacant […]

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First home buyers at highest level in 8 years

Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 26 October 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/first-home-buyers-at-highest-level-in-8-years-256609.aspx Lending to first home buyers has grown by 74% in Sydney in the last year, according to a report released this week. QBE’s Australian Housing Outlook 2018-2021 also looks at property price prediction and expects house prices to grow over the next three years, apart from in […]

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Property Experts Slam 60 Minutes Housing Crash Scaremongering

Isabelle Lane| The New Daily| 17 September https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/property/2018/09/17/housing-crash-60-minutes/ A television report alleging Australian home prices could crash by as much as 40 per cent in the next year has been slammed by property experts. Titled “Bricks and Slaughter”, the 60 Minutes report by journalist Tom Steinfort focused on a “nightmare” scenario outlined by Digital Finance Analytics principal Martin North. It predicted “two-fifths of your home’s […]

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