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Small decline in house prices masks significant price falls in major Australian cities

In spite of just a 0.2 per cent decline in Australian house prices, the nationwide picture masks something a little more worrying, with a number of cities showing more significant price falls.

27 Jun, 2016

Labor’s negative gearing policy can make rents rise and house prices fall

SQM Research’s latest report laid out the best and worst-case scenarios that could happen when Labor’s proposal to limit negative gearing is implemented.

24 Jun, 2016

APRA ‘dials up’ scrutiny on banks’ real estate lending

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is slowly pressuring banks’ commercial real estate lending as this is the area that is most exposed to a deterioration in economic conditions.

24 Jun, 2016

Have land prices in Canberra reached their peak?

The price of land in Canberra has become uneconomical for builders, having breached the $1,000 per square metre mark.

23 Jun, 2016

Investors dominate Sydney and Melbourne's innermost property hotspots

Investors dominated the markets around typically strong rental market areas, such as inner-city locations near hospitals and universities.

23 Jun, 2016

HSBC predicts slowdown in house price growth

HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham is expecting house price growth in Sydney and Melbourne to halve in the coming months.

23 Jun, 2016

NSW luxury home market affected by new stamp duty charges

The new stamp duty charges implemented this week in NSW are already affecting sale prices and causing uncertainty among prestige homebuyers.

22 Jun, 2016

Melbourne’s Melton attracts property investors from Sydney

Melton is considered as one of Melbourne’s last affordable property frontiers, hence attracting growing interest even from interstate buyers.

22 Jun, 2016

Macquarie expects further tightening of lending standards

A report from Macquarie analysts shows that Australian banks allow property investors to borrow a significantly higher multiple of their income than owner-occupiers, which could eventually lead to further tightening of lending standards in the mortgage market.

22 Jun, 2016

Past selling practices could put mortgage professionals in hot water

Ongoing regulatory changes in the Australian property market might spawn a new industry of firms eager to profit off banks and brokers paying redress to customers in relation to past selling practices.

21 Jun, 2016

Investors double up on Australian property exposure

Quay Global Investors principal and portfolio manager Chris Bedingfield believes that Aussie investors are probably ‘doubling up’ on their real estate exposure.

18 Jun, 2016

RBA reports huge apartment growth in four years

The number of apartments in capital cities rose as much as 36 per cent since 2012, a new report from the Reserve Bank of Australia stated.

18 Jun, 2016

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