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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 ...

Will Aussie equities overcome 2019 challenges?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... slant to Australian equities. A few risk factors are clouding the market and economic outlook, including falling house prices locally, political risks the U.S.-China trade conflict and tightening global monetary policies," Jenneke said. Jenneke - who ...

AustralianSuper changes property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... unaffected by the predictions of a property market crash. "While there has been a lot of media coverage about falling house prices in Australia, we don't expect these falls to have a large impact on the pricing of commercial property," Longo said ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... Statistics' (ABS) 'Residential Property Price Index' report showed the weighted average of eight capital cities house prices fell by 0.6% in the year to the June quarter (latest available) after growing 2% in the previous quarter. More up-to-date ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... The negative wealth effect from the tumbling stock market (if it continues) plus indications of slowing growth in house prices would negate the increase in disposable income among households (brought on by Trump's tax cuts) and the tax cuts on companies ...

Chief economist update: Not before we get a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... month, the survey revealed pressure on household budgets from "rising electricity and petrol costs, and declining house prices." More dipping into savings as "fewer households are saving and those that are saving are saving less." I have discussed the ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... a message for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) best summed up by Dr. Morely: "With debt levels where they are, house prices where they are, and an economy as robust as it is, now is the time to raise rates. Even though inflation is low, why not move ...

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... levels. It sees housing credit growth stall by the end of FY20, as the credit conditions tighten. It also assumes house prices will fall by 5% over the coming year but bad debts will not swell significantly. The dividends could dry up and stocks of major ...

Chief economist update: Home cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... quarter, slowing from 8.3% in the September quarter and 10.2% in the June quarter. Except for Darwin and Perth where house prices have been in declining (in year-on-year terms since the first quarter of 2015), all other capital cities recorded cooling ...

Housing affordability fuelling negative gearing backlash

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... non-property investors would support changes to negative gearing, as would one-third of property investors, even if it meant house prices would drop. Such an event may even be welcomed, given four out of five also reported being concerned that rising ...