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Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... trepidation for the Australian central bank. Were it not for the RBA's concerns over adding more fuel to the overheated housing market, it would be justified to cut the official cash rate sooner rather than later. More so given the renewed strength in ...

Expensive property market creating super opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Millennials priced out of the Australian housing market should consider directing savings towards superannuation in order to generate similar returns to that of home ownership. Earlier this week research house Demographia labeled Sydney as the second ...

Private equity manager secures insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... US universities. In November 2016 the firm announced a joint venture with Atlanta-based Student Quarters for a 5000-bed housing investment in the US.

Housing market faces heavy downside risk

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... analysis noted the general wisdom that because residential property prices haven't experienced a "broad decline" since 1991, housing is considered a safe investment. However, the report argued that "the lack of a meaningful correction in property prices ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... winds." Despite a retraction of growth in the third quarter of 2016, he points to the strength of the mining sector and the housing market, and predicts an increase in spending from state and federal governments. "An overall higher commodity price signals ...

Spending and debt, Australia's biggest test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... their finances, with 55% attributing the concern to the current state of the Australian economy. A further 44% blamed housing affordability as the cause of their unease, while 42% cited their level of household debt. The study was undertaken in December ...

Australia housing boom busting?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
Don't be fooled by the sharp 7.0% jump in the headline total number of dwellings approved in the month of November. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data reveal that this was largely due to an 18.5% surge in private sector dwellings excluding houses ...

Australia construction activity eases contraction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... contraction, but the rate of contraction is easing. This is the indication from the Australian Industry Group's (AiG)/Housing Industry Group (HIA) Performance of Construction Index. The index climbed to 47.0 points in December, continuing its improvement ...

Blue Sky exits pet food supplier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... great opportunity for aggregation, with strong yield opportunities along the way. We think the risk profile of student housing is highly attractive and remains underpriced," Roche explained.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... commodity prices; the steepening of the yield curve and share market gains. Domestically-based confidence and the local housing market provided a negative offset. US existing home sales Sales of existing homes increased by 0.7% to a seasonally adjusted ...