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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... was up 20 points at 4,949. Data releases today include the Housing Industry Association/Commonwealth Bank housing affordability report for the June quarter. Annual results are released by Babcock & Brown Japan Property Trust and outfitter Harris Scarfe. ...

Population growth hits 36 year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... experienced during the period especially in the housing and construction sector, which partly contributed to the housing affordability pressures policymakers are now tryiong to address. Migration is now running at similar levels to that experienced during ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Housing affordability is like petrol prices in that it brings out the economic enthusiasts with their so-called miracle solutions. The latest set of big ideas is from the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability that this week released its major ...

Population hits 21.2 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... easy to see why arguments about economic growth, labour supply, resource management, climate change and housing affordability are really debates about Australia's record migration.

House prices 30 pct overvalued

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... But that doesn't mean debt levels are causing the price rises because "the key drivers of Australia's poor housing affordability appear to be a combination of restrictive land supply policies and high urbanisation and centralisation." Australian prices ...

CPI, housing affordability and oil bills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Yesterday's CPI spike just made fighting inflation and housing affordability that little bit harder but at least it will help the country pay for its oil import bill. Inflation rising 4.2 per cent, above what most market economists were expecting, is ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... adds to our woes. But before we get overly excited about the impact all this will have on inflation and "housing affordability", we should consider what APM believes may be one of the drivers behind the rent increases - lifestyle factors of younger people ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... years didn't quite get the reception you would have expected. Instead it just showed how bad the outlook for housing affordability is. According to reports, market forecaster BIS Shrapnel believe house prices will rise and push average house price up ...

Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... first-rate for first home buyers and really meets its purpose to benefit those hit hardest by the current housing affordability crisis. "Our recommendations for a flat 20 per cent Government contribution and less restrictive contribution rules will make ...

Fighting inflation to make housing affordability worse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Housing affordability just seems to get worse, and our anti-inflationary strategies look set to make it worse. According to the Housing Industry Association (HIA), even despite slowing house prices last year, housing affordability still sunk to yet ...