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Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... counter measure - announcement following a big drop in equity prices. Certainly, S&P/Case Shiller composite index of US house prices made for good reading. House prices rose by 0.7% in April - the third straight month of increase and better than expectations ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... worst case scenario that includes an 8% drop in GDP growth with the unemployment rate jumping to 13%, a 21% slide in house prices, and a 50% plunge in the stock market. Certainly, most other financial institutions, companies, central banks and/or government ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... everyone's worst nightmare - an 8% drop in real GDP; the unemployment rate to hit 13% (it peaked at 10.2% back in 2009); house prices to slide by 21%; and, a 50% dive in stock market prices. And China? Europe is after all its biggest export market. Yes ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... already predicting increased flows back into negatively geared property and share market loans which should boost house prices and further squeeze first home buyers. With 44% of budget revenues coming from individual taxpayers, the high end superannuation ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... less in line with market expectations. So what's the surprise in that? And if you look closer you'll see that while house prices continue to fall, the rate of decline is moderating. Green shoots anyone? This certainly is what the fresher, more up-to-date ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... everyone's worst nightmare - an 8% drop in real GDP; the unemployment rate to hit 13% (it peaked at 10.2% back in 2009); house prices to slide by 21%; and, a 50% dive in stock market prices. A real nightmare, isn't it? But 15 of the 19 biggest US banks ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... this is that, according to the National Association of Realtors, seven to eight months is consistent with stable house prices. This paints another picture of a stabilising housing market. But nah, we want trouble. We want trouble. We want trouble. There's ...

New property fund built for average earners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Australia. TIC Super said it expects "huge interest from foreign investors" and a predicted undersupply to drive up house prices in Australia. The Investors Club claims to have sold almost 15,000 properties to more than close to 10,000 investors with ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... being enticed over to the lucrative mining sector, only make them longer. The economic fall-out is easy to foresee. House prices will explode skywards, there will be a fundamental revolution in what constitutes home design and there will be big changes ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak and this is where the viscous cycle kicks in. Depressed house prices decimate loan-valuation ...