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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... in Hobart (1.1%), Melbourne (0.8%), Adelaide (0.5%) and Brisbane (0.3%). Year on year, the growth in residential house prices slowed to 6.8% in the first quarter from 8.7% in the December 2015 quarter. German economic sentiment A big bounce in German ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... The bad news is that lower inflation also diminishes workers' bargaining power in wage hike negotiations. China new house prices The average price of newly built houses in 70 Chinese cities went up by 6.2% in the year to April, up from 4.9% in the previous ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... jumped by 12.1% over the month - underscoring the impact of the recent RBA rate cut - amid expectations of lower house prices (house price expectations index down by 2.7% in May). The "time to buy a major household item" component increased by 4.9% over ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... face a snap-back that could trigger a recession in the Australian economy, according to Lazard Asset Management. "House prices in Australia are very high on a lot of measures," Lazard Asset Management portfolio manager Philipp Hofflin said. "At the same ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... vehicle increased by 2.8% in March, "other vehicles" grew by 5.2% but sports utility sales declined by 0.3%. China new house prices The average price of new houses in China's 70 medium and large cities went up by 4.9% in the year to March, the fastest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... and December's record fall of US$107.9 billion. UK Halifax house price index Halifax's latest report showed that house prices in the United Kingdom went up to £214,811 -- a new record high - in March, a 2.6% increase from the previous month, taking ...

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... "The way we paint it is that we are cautiously optimistic. So we're not expecting any continuation of the run up in house prices, certainly not in Sydney and Melbourne, but equally we don't think the conditions are there in the foreseeable future for ...

Aussie economy rebalancing okay

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... housing sector, which is the 65 of 70% of Australians buying investment properties and borrowing, that has peaked. House prices have peaked and are slowing down in terms of their growth rate, we're seeing lending slowing down, we're seeing borrowing ...

Australians making more money from investing than working

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Median Sydney house prices reaching $1 million combined with another strong year from super funds highlights how, for many Australians, their investments make more money than they do. Newspapers in Sydney this week featured stories about how the median ...

Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Reinforcing concerns over rising Sydney property prices, the ABS latest house price index reveals the harbour city's home prices to be rising more than 5-times faster than other capitals. In the 12 months to March 2015 the ABS reported Sydney prices ...