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11th May 2016 | Abbas Valadkhani, Russell Smyth | The Conversation http://theconversation.com/the-herd-driven-housing-bubble-that-could-trigger-an-apartment-bust-57626 The price gap between houses and apartments in many Australian cities is closing as property investors exhibit a significant degree of herding behaviour, according to new research. The research comes amid speculation that Australia is in a housing bubble. Herding behaviour is leading […]

10th May 2016 | Saul Eslake | The Conversation http://theconversation.com/what-the-reserve-bank-memo-really-says-about-negative-gearing-59169 A memo on the subject of housing taxation from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is stirring up debate on proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax in the election campaign. The memo, dated December 9 2014, does counter the government’s claim that […]

16 March 2016 | AAP Home loan approvals have slumped to a seven-month low in the first month of 2016, during the traditionally slow holiday season. The number of home loans approved in January fell 3.9 per cent, which missed market expectations of a 2.8 per cent fall. But AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver […]

14 March 2016 | Jessica Irvine | SMH It’s been called “nailing granny to the floor”. Many older Australians live lives of relative income poverty because policies discourage them from downsizing and accessing the equity stored in the family home, according to a new report. Changes to the age pension asset test and relief from […]

9 March 2016 | Brendan McCool | International Business Times Property is one of the most talked about aspects of Australian life, with complaints about how it’s almost impossible for Gen Y-ers to own their own home, to debates over whether there is a housing bubble and whether that bubble may burst soon being some of the most common […]

16 February 2016 | Business Think You are more likely to change your wife than your bank, UNSW Business School researcher Rob Nicholls remembers hearing when he was at school. And he finds ample evidence that it remains true today. We shop around for the best deals in most things, but tend to stick with our […]