REINSW head on the worsening housing affordability crisis for first home buyers
Borrowers potentially at risk as banks raise rates despite lacklustre wage and employment growth
Australia is at risk of contagion from a decline in house prices, says the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, but Dr Andrew Wilson doesn’t agree. Here Domain’s chief economist, in conversation with MPA, calls out several flaws in the OECD’s methodology
Interest rates are almost as likely to go down as up, Finder.com.au economist poll suggests
Australia’s consumer prices remained weak in the second quarter, leaving the central bank with scope to cut interest rates as early as next week... Improving Canberra a long time in the making...
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A new report shows that entry-level properties are more expensive than ever and home ownership is dropping... Markets set to split as house prices grow, unit prices lag...
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Australia’s central bank would favour a multi-pronged stimulus if economic conditions unexpectedly deteriorated to the point where it had to head into uncharted territory... Rental markets continue to move at different speeds...
APRA must maintain ‘close vigilance’ of lending standards, says OECD...‘100% of experts’ say cash rate to hold
House prices in Sydney have had the biggest fall since 1993... Supply issues push Australian cities high up the list of world's least affordable...
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Sydney’s median house price grew by the slowest rate of quarterly growth since March 2014... Home prices dive as Australian mining towns go from boom to bust...
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