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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... research director, Tim Lawless, observes that "growth conditions remained broad based both geographically and across the housing types and valuation segments". Home values for "all dwellings" in Australia increased in all of the country's six states ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... the list countries with the highest annual growth rates, 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 ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... research director Tim Lawless observes that growth conditions remained broad based both geographically and across the housing types and valuation segments". Home values for "all dwellings" in Australia increased in all of the country's six states ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... according to McKinsey's February 2020 report (more now I would imagine), extra money would be used towards servicing housing debt. Inflation is the least of the RBA's worries. But it continues to blow bubbles in the property market so long as ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... something super funds are poised to be a part of as it focuses on long-term solutions to problems like climate change and housing affordability. Meanwhile, Schroder head of fixed income and multi-asset Simon Doyle argued global debt and low interest ...

Generational wealth gap continues to widen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... towards greater intergenerational inequity," he said. "It is driven by three domains in particular: the economic, the housing and government spending." Real household net wealth since 2004 increased by 87% for the age group 65 to 74, while for the younger ...

Plenary expands property team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... activities, and we'll be looking to pursue them in addition to our existing property-related activities, such as social housing, projects in the university sector, and the work that our Pariter business is doing in partnership with sporting and community ...

COVID support temporarily improves inequality

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... through JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments, which ended in March this year." The index considers 24 indicators (economic, housing, social, health and disability, education and the environment) and tracks equity over two generations. It says budget measures ...

Deborah Ralston joins Household Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... and the regulation of markets that meet them," Ralston said. "Australians enjoy good health and long lives, high quality housing, a sustainable pension system and a leading superannuation savings system. I'm excited to join Household Capital in delivering ...

Nuveen hires director from AXA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Nuveen Real Estate has appointed a Sydney-based director of Asia Pacific housing who is a former executive of AXA Investment Managers. Ben Taylor will expand the firm's existing housing strategy in Australia and help find new opportunities in the ...