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The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... have pushed the RBA into cutting interest rates back in May 2016 (and then again in August 2016) but back then property prices were easing. The ABS property price index showed that the annual growth if the weighted average of house prices of Australia's ...

Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... "They are starting their wealth accumulation at a time of low interest rates, economic volatility and very high property prices. They need to be smart with their money, and they know a low-interest bearing bank account isn't always the right choice." ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... demand and spending for products and services and employment - not to mention the wealth effect derived from rising property prices -- a precipitous drop could be damaging.

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... -- from 3.1% in the previous month and 4.3% in January last year. It appears that slowing wages growth and high property prices are leaving Australians with little to spend elsewhere. Total hourly rates of pay (excluding bonuses) increased by a mere ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update on residential property prices brought home the Reserve Bank of Australia's current concerns and noted in its March monetary policy statement: "Conditions in the housing market vary considerably around ...

Not off the boil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Chinese authorities' regulatory restrictions to cool the housing market appear to be having little impact on property prices. Latest figures show that the average price of new homes in 70 Chinese cities rose by 0.3% in the month of February following ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... Australian central bank for another rate cut. However, this is easier said than done due to the continued bump in property prices and expectations for further gains. The WBC-Melbourne Institute "house expectations index" jumped by 2.2% in March from ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... prices have continued rising since - 196% up from the September quarter of 2003 to the September quarter of 2016. Property prices could fall one day but not until interest rates increase significantly that it creates mortgage defaults and the unemployment ...

SMSFs no influence on housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... latest insights from Class. The software firm's latest SMSF Benchmark Report shows SMSFs' are not influencing high property prices because, as a sector, they have negligible exposure to residential property. The research shows SMSFs own less than 1% ...

Look offshore for income: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... key issues that may suppress domestic dividend growth, including reduced demand for resources from China; high property prices; more fully-valued banking stocks; and constraints on consumer spending in the midst of "increasing government austerity."