House prices climb 1.8% during January quarter as demand soars
Friday, 26 February 2010
National housing prices have started the year with confidence, growing by 1.8% during January equating to an annual rise of 11.8%, the latest RP Data Rismark Hedonic Home Value Index reveals.  ...

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Where is Australia's housing market REALLY heading?
Thursday, 04 February 2010
Overheated or undervalued? A powerful part of the Australian economy or a bubble that could burst and damage Australia's miracle economy? Australia's housing market has always been one of the most talked-about sectors of the economy, but the recent surge ...

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Why Glenn Stevens shouldn’t get too cheerful: Kohler
Friday, 06 November 2009
Suddenly we have an outbreak of central banker cheerfulness, although it must be said that Mervyn King and Glenn Stevens are at different ends of the scale.  ...

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A kryptonite-free recovery for the economy? Kohler
Thursday, 24 September 2009
The picture that comes to mind reading the Fed statement this morning is of Superman holding up the meteor that would have squashed America and, with perspiration pouring down his super-forehead, pushing it back out to space while issuing a press release saying ...

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Why Australia needs more heretics
Wednesday, 03 June 2009
An offer to visit the Australian Davos Connection's Future Summit last week was too good to pass over. With the speakers list reflecting the cream of corporate Australia, it was an opportunity to hear where the country's establishment sees the nation heading ...

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Interest rates cuts will ignite residential property market
Thursday, 04 December 2008
Cash rates are 4.25% and falling. What's more, the banks (at least, some of the bigger banks) are putting the reductions through in full. Suddenly the financing of property investment in Australia is on a fresh setting; it's a once-in-a-generation opportu ...

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First-home grant set to steady the market: Wakelin
Thursday, 23 October 2008
The debate over where house prices are heading has been heating up, with economists such as Gerard Minack and Steve Keen broadcasting gloom over the sector.  ...

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Are we headed for a property crash?
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Is the property glass half-full or half-empty? Opinions vary so much that JAMES THOMSON has had to talk to a comprehensive range of experts to get some answers.  ...

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Interest rates set to fall again in November
Friday, 17 October 2008
As fears of a recession in Australia grow, economists say the Reserve Bank has no choice but to cut interest rates, with markets pricing in an 85% chance of a cut on Melbourne Cup day.  ...

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Household debt up
Friday, 21 September 2007
Credit card debt hit $41 billion in July and household interest payments have hit a record high of 11.9% of total disposable income, according to new figures from the RBA. But the average balance on a credit card dipped slightly to $3002. And the annual rate ...

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