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Bill Evans, Westpac Chief Economist | Property Observer| 21 February 2017 http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/financing/interest-rates/65843-official-cash-rate-will-remain-on-hold-maybe-until-2018-westpac-s-bill-evans.html As expected, the minutes of the February monetary policy meeting of the Board of the Reserve Bank provided little additional insight to the Governor’s post-meeting statement and the February Statement on Monetary Policy. The surprise 0.5 percent decline in real GDP in the […]

Anthony Waldron| The Adviser| 20 February 2017 http://www.theadviser.com.au/blogs/35744-doing-the-right-thing The rise of the mortgage broking industry to become the major distributor of mortgages is due to a public vote of confidence. Millions of Australians – some 53 per cent of mortgagees – turn to a broker to represent their interests. First home buyers want a simplified […]

The Real Estate Conversation| 12 January 2017 https://www.therealestateconversation.com.au/news/2017/01/12/confidence-property-two-year-high/1484164857 Confidence in the property sector is at a two-year high at the beginning of 2017, according to the latest ANZ Property Council Survey. The survey of more than 1,500 property professionals showed that confidence rose 2 points to 132 for the March 2017 quarter. A score of 100 […]

Peter Ryan| ABC| 9 December 2016 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-09/interest-rates-on-mortgages-likely-to-rise/8106180?section=business After several years of record low interest rates, Australian home buyers are facing unwelcome news in the lead-up to Christmas. Banks have been quietly raising rates for investor loans in recent times, as well as a range of fixed-term rates, and are now eyeing whether to put up […]

Frances Schwartzkopff| Bloomberg| 27 November 2016 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/430-billion-mortgage-bond-market-110000783.html Donald Trump may have frightened off global bond investors, but the world’s largest mortgage-backed covered-bond market is shrugging off the specter of a real estate mogul with big spending plans running the U.S. Short-term yields in Denmark’s $430 billion mortgage bond market fell close to (and in some […]

Tim Lawless| Corelogic Blog| 10 November 2016 http://blog.corelogic.com.au/2016/11/us-presidency-trump-card-aussie-housing-bad-hair-day/ A new leader of the world’s largest super power will always be accompanied by uncertainty, however the election of Donald Trump highlights (in the words of another Donald (Rumsfeld)) that “unknown unknowns” have been amplified. This means uncertainty. Trump is untested, unproven, and if the election campaign […]