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Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... told his audience at the AFR Business Summit yesterday that "the "wealth effect" on consumer spending from falling house prices will be limited to cars and furniture" that is "unlikely to derail our economic expansion..." No Philip. The property market's ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... first rate cut coming earlier than the second half, which he previously expected. Oliver's new forecast comes as house prices in Sydney and Melbourne accelerated their descent late last year, bringing with them ongoing credit tightening and investor ...

Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... - won't help. And then, there's the upcoming Federal elections uncertainty. And then, there's falling house prices.

Industry Super Australia forecasts a rate cut

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... Anthony said. His forecast of a rate cut is based on four factors: China's slowdown, Sydney and Melbourne's falling house prices and consumer sentiment, and the US Federal Reserve's reaction amid global trade concerns. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... oversupply or restrictions on foreign purchasers or whatever, expectations matters more. Expectations of falling house prices beget even lower house prices. This is because would-be homebuyers and property investors would sit and wait for even cheaper ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... behind the headlines is Fitch Ratings' research report (released 16 January 2019), predicting that: "Australian house prices would decline a further 5% this year, on top of a 6.7% decline from the peak so far, making Australian housing the worst ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system" because "past gains in house prices have left most homeowners with significant amounts of home equity, and growth in jobs and incomes should help keep the financial ...

Sydney residential property slumps

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Sydney residential property was hit hard in 2018, as house prices slid nationally to end the year with the biggest decline quarter on quarter since 2008, according to CoreLogic. Sydney dwellings values fell 8.9% over the year and total returns were ...

Investors to move on property before election: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... investors to be ahead of the game. Giving its global investment outlook for the year ahead, BlackRock said softening house prices might lead investors to make wholesale changes in anticipation of changes to negative gearing under a possible Labor government ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) warned that, although the "current trajectory" of falling house prices "would suggest a soft landing... some risk of a hard landing remains." The Paris-based global forum recommends the Reserve ...