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Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... sector employment," Eslake said. The decision to allow self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to borrow for residential property investment - Howard/Costello, 2007 In 2007, during the last months of the Howard government, limited recourse borrowing ...

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 ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... follow) raising its mortgage rates -- variable interest rate on owner-occupiers' loans lifted from 5.25% to 5.32%; residential investment home loans from 5.55% to 5.80% starting 24 March - because its targeted at the property market and should not affect ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... 1.1%). Prices fell in Perth (-1.6% from -1.2%) and Darwin (-1.2% from -2.4%). Over the past 12 months, residential property price growth slowed to 3.5% in the third quarter from 4.1% in the previous period. This is the slowest annual growth rate since ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Australian residential property prices Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed residential property prices in the country's eight capital cities rebounded by 2.0% in the June quarter. Although this is less than market expectations ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... consumer-related sectors - are strong and the weaker parts are showing signs of stabilisation. "The much-feared residential property market has been on a path to recovery for several months, responding well to stimulus measures taken late in 2014 and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Australia residential property price index Residential property prices in Australia's eight capital cities (weighted average) increased by 0.2% in the December quarter. Though still higher than market expectations for 0% growth, the fourth quarter growth ...

Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... Adelaide and Hobart, with prices flat in Perth and Darwin. The ABS estimates the total value of Australia's 9.5 million residential dwellings to be $5.5 trillion, with 40% of this value held in NSW. This national housing stock value is equivalent to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... AND CoreLogic RP Data Residential Land Report for the December quarter and the NAB's quarterly Australian residential property survey. In equities news, the chief executives of Macquarie Group, National Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank are due to ...

Cash rate more likely to fall than rise: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... "nowhere on the agenda." "The ability for [the RBA] to cut rates will partly depend upon what's happening in residential property prices," Mead told Financial Standard. "But to the extent there can be some other mechanisms put in place in order to slow ...