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Chief economist update: Home cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that the annual growth rate in Australian residential property prices continued to ease in the December 2017 quarter. The "weighted average of eight capital cities" residential property prices ...

Australia ticks boxes for ultra-high-net-worth individuals

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... ultra-wealthy population can be attributed to several factors. Firstly, we've seen significant growth in prime property prices. Secondly, despite recent instability, the equities market has also seen gains over the past year." Globally, ultra-wealthy ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... protectionism, stagnant wages growth and high household debt levels, rising electricity prices and still elevated property prices - and more recently, Barnaby Joyce - these are a few of (not my favourite things) the challenges facing Australia. But true ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... there are places where job growth is good and commercial real estate will still be okay. Cap rates may rise but property prices might not go up much, but I think with a little inflation we'll get higher, gradually increasing rents. In some sense commercial ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... general; it also mentioned the potential impact of several European elections; central bank policy; commodity and property prices; and the outlook for China and Australia. SMSF Association National Conference More than 1300 financial advisers and self-managed ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... leads to limited consumer spending that... Were it not for Australia's record high household debt and still high property prices, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would, at the very least, be changing its policy stance towards greater accommodation ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... household spending turns into a vicious cycle. Then again, this would just jack up household debt levels (and property prices) to new heights and raise the risks to Australia's financial stability.

Major advice firm endorses first home super saver scheme

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... about whether the scheme will be available for use in 2017. Dixon Advisory head of advice Nerida Cole said as property prices on the east coast remain high, first home buyers continue to face immense affordability challenges. "Certainty about how to ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... increase financial stability risks in the economy by inflating already high domestic household debt and still rising property prices - Core Logic data shows Australia's five capital city aggregate index is up 10.5% in the year to 27 July 2017 and up ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... affair with property continues. As at the end of June, CoreLogic data showed that the five city capital aggregate property prices for all dwellings increased by 9.7% over the year, up from 8.5% in May. Private sector credit (d efinition) The Reserve ...