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Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... month, followed by Sydney (2.6%), Canberra (2.4%), Brisbane (1.9%), Adelaide (1.6%), Melbourne (1.5%), Darwin (0.8%) and Perth (0.2%). The AiG Performance of Manufacturing index rose to a new series high of 63.2 points in June for its ninth straight ...

UHNWs drive record luxury real estate demand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... over this time at 10.6%. Knight Frank is forecasting luxury real estate prices will increase by a minimum of 3% in Sydney, Perth and the Gold Coast, 2% in Brisbane and 1% in Melbourne by the end of 2021. Luxury properties in Australia are selling for ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... residential property prices in the March quarter 2021, led by Sydney (+6.1%) and Melbourne (+5.1%). Property prices also rose in Perth (+5.2%), Brisbane (+4.0%), Adelaide (+4.0%), Canberra (+5.6%), Hobart (+6.1%), and Darwin (+4.7%)." That was the March ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... experiencing an 8.3% increase in the year. However, Australia's housing market is still running hot led by the markets in Perth, Sydney and Canberra, according to Knight Frank. While the one-year growth rate was behind many nations, the six month growth ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... country's six states and two territories in May, ranging from a 3.2% month-over-month surge in Hobart to a 1.1% appreciation in Perth. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Lending Indicators' report indicates that the country's ...

Primewest accepts merger offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... formed a joint venture with a fund advised by BlackRock Real Assets and exchanged contracts to acquire an office tower in Perth with the settlement expected for June. The office at 140 St Georges Terrace is a high profile, gateway building in the Perth ...

Bellmont adds to distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Bellmont Securities has made a new hire to its distribution team in Perth. Paul Reilly leads the adviser solutions team, joining from Financial Framework where he was a director and financial adviser for over seven years. Reilly was previously a senior ...

ASIC appoints new chair, deputy chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
ASIC has appointed a new chair to replace James Shipton and a deputy chair. Perth-based lawyer Joe Longo has been appointed chair and the ACCC's Sarah Court also joins the regulator as deputy chair. "On behalf of the ASIC Commission and team I'd ...

Primewest, BlackRock enter JV

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... has made headway on acquiring its first property. The joint venture has exchanged contracts to acquire an office tower in Perth with the settlement expected for June. The office at 140 St Georges Terrace is a high profile, gateway building in the Perth ...

Foreign capital driving property market: RCA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... capital is high in the market and vice versa," he said. "What we saw last year was that all major markets in Australia (minus Perth) managed to stay above previous lows. When you look at other markets across the world, we didn't see that because there ...