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Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... Frenchs Forest, New South Wales. Every Australian wants to get a piece of the action. Homebuyers want to get in before house prices get even higher and property investors are revving up purchases in anticipation of booms to come. With interest rates ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... KiwiSaver style super-for-home-deposit scheme, that scheme has hardly impacted KiwiSaver. And, fun fact, New Zealand house prices have at the same time surged faster than Australia's. Superannuation has much bigger policy conundrums it should be worrying ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... excesses and imbalances in financial markets" -- "historically" elevated stock prices, tight credit spreads, and surging house prices. And therefore, "I do think, at the earliest opportunity, I think it would be appropriate for us to start talking about ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ keeps policy steady on unsteady outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... domestic spending". This is compounded by the uncertain effects of the government's tighter policies on housing on house prices, inflation and employment. All up, the RBNZ concludes that the country's economic "outlook remains highly uncertain ...

Super for house deposits will push up prices: ASFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
Allowing Australians to use their superannuation savings to buy property will push up house prices and worsen affordability for low-income earners, says ASFA. Liberal member of parliament Tim Wilson is currently campaigning to let Australians use their ...

Property yet to show COVID-19 pain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
House prices rose during the March quarter, despite expectations for the opposite, according to the latest statistics published by REIA. The research shows that during the March quarter the weighted average median price for houses for the eight capital ...

House prices expected to tumble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
HSBC has warned Australian house prices could fall as much as 12% in 2021 as the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues. HSBC analysis showed Sydney house prices could fall by as much as 15% next year, while Melbourne could see a 17% drop. HSBC ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... debt - these payments ending could see property prices plunge in a downward spiral. "Our current expectation is that house prices will fall approximately 10%, however there is downside risk if the 'fiscal cliff' in Q4 leads to renewed economic ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... a tough economic environment for the banks for quite some time," he said. "Throw on top of this a likely fall in house prices, an increase in defaults or arrears from lenders as unemployment jumps - and the banks are bearing the brunt of a lot of the ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... Graham Cooke, insights manager at Finder, said 20 economists specifically called out the threat of the coronavirus. "House prices are still rising in an almost unsubstantiated way, the effect of the smouldering bushfires is still to be felt, and inflation ...