Capital city home values surge

Business Spectator I January 2, 2014 http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/1/2/property/capital-city-home-values-surge Capital city home values rose at their fastest pace for four years in calendar 2013, according to the RP Data-Rismark Home Value Index. The index showed home values

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Will you be able to get finance in 2014?

On the face of it, 2014 looks good for those of us in finance, broking and real estate.  Interest rates will remain low (and maybe lower) and there will be healthy demand for property. 2013

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Is Property Affordable? The devil’s in the index

Richard Livingston I Sydney Morning Herald I December 6, 2013 http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/is-property-affordable-the-devils-in-the-index-20131206-2yuzd.html#ixzz2mvOuYLQm If you're reading this article you can probably speak English. So if I ask the question "is property affordable?" you'll have an opinion, or

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Prepare for a House Price Plateau

Callum Pickering I Business Spectator I December 4, 2013 http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2013/12/4/property/prepare-house-price-plateau How much more can investors get out of the housing market? Not a great deal. The 2013 house price ‘boom’ – if we can call

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The dark side of house price appreciation

The dark side of house price appreciation  http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2013/11/26/economy/dark-side-house-price-appreciation  Business Spectator 26 November 2013 Policymakers around the world often worry about decreases in real-estate prices and other asset prices, and take measures to prevent them. For example,

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Mitsubishi leads Japanese banks into Aussie mortgage market

Australian Financial Review I November 26, 2013 http://www.afr.com/p/business/companies/mitsubishi_leads_japanese_banks_He4UKEpM4YeNL6nTxnfXhI Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has agreed to provide Australian financial ­services firm AMP Ltd with a $500 million one-year mortgage-backed facility, a landmark deal that marks the entry of Japan’s banks into the Australian

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The Housing Bubble and Lazy Land Use

The Housing Bubble and Lazy Land Use 0 by Karl Fitzgerald Prosper Australia http://www.prosper.org.au/2013/11/21/the-housing-bubble-and-lazy-land-use/on November 21, 2013 Tags: housing affordability, Speculative vacancies As published in today’s Online Opinion The beauty of the disinformation is staggering. As

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I am sorry Mr Journalist, but we don’t buy it.

I am sorry Mr Journalist, but we don’t buy it Nearly every ‘property bubble’ story in the media seems to have reference to banks relaxing their lending standards – implying that this is a factor

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Next capital city to boom

Next capital city to boom |18 November 2013| Vivienne Kelly http://www.theadviser.com.au/breaking-news/29396-next-capital-city-to-boom Brisbane will be the next Australian capital city to take off, according to a panel of property experts. Speaking at a recent roundtable conducted

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Housing market ‘not entering boom times’: Residex

Housing market 'not entering boom times': Residex | 8th November 2013 http://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/housing-market-not-entering-boom-times-residex-181218.aspx All is going well for Australia relative to most developed countries of the world, according to Residex founder, John Edwards, who says the

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