The air may fizzle out of the Australian balloon, or it may burst violently.
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A whole bunch of folks are on the wire, and if their housing payments go up they are going to struggle.
It’s hard to get a fix on where Australia’s economy is headed.
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Housing and wages loom as stubborn problems that could bring our economy unstuck in the year ahead.
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Why is it that the US – which suffered a major downturn – seems to have a stronger economy than Australia , which did not even go into recession in 2008-09?
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Theresa May wants to rapidly increase the supply of affordable homes, but will have to tread carefully on Britain’s talismanic property wealth.
What if we’re just not as predictable as we used to be?
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The slew of numbers across various major economies this week continue to suggest a mixed picture.
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The case for introducing capital gains tax on the sale of all homes.
A couple of months isn’t enough to say the housing market is cooling.
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The housing market is too volatile to look at prices alone. If you want to understand the housing market you need to look at the wider economy.
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House prices in Sydney and Melbourne are cooling, housing approvals are up, and everyone’s wondering if Australian banks have been lending too much.
The soaring cost of housing has helped make capital ownership more profitable than work.
At least ten cents in every dollar of superannuation assets is indirectly financing house purchases via commercial bank debt.
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What critics of the plan to use superannuation for housing miss is that Australia’s super system already channels a significant proportion of retirement savings into housing.
Housing has become a central pillar of our welfare system.
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Housing has become integral to our welfare system, so even governments can’t afford for prices to decline.
The foundations of Australian house prices could shift at any time.
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Australia’s central bank is still trying to walk a delicate tightrope.
Apartments near the greenbelt in Vienna are more expensive than otherwise similar apartments in that city.
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Australia’s growing cities face a shortage of urban parks. Often, the provision of parks is seen only as planning compliance or an accessory.
There has been a continuous wave of planning reform over the last ten years in Australia, and dwelling approvals in some cities are at long-term highs.
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To tout new housing production as the only solution to rising house prices, without examining the question of demand, is an ineffective policy position.
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Ridiculed and ignored in 2016, what can the ‘dismal science’ offer us now?
Reading between the lines of RBA Governor Philip Lowe’s latest comments it’s clear he has confidence in Australia’s banks.
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The Australian economy continues to show some positive signs, but there are pockets of weakness and cause for concern every month.
Whitelee wind farm near Glasgow.
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Just when you thought wind farms were bad for house prices everywhere, a new piece of research from Scotland suggests otherwise.
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A drop in migration from the EU would ease demand for housing, but also reduce the availability of those legendary Polish house builders, who will be hard to replace with local labour.
Ghosts in the machine: housing and commercial property are battling headwinds.
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Brexit worries have shaken the professional end of the sector, but Britain’s troubles have run far deeper for far longer.
What will help get them on the housing ladder?
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Both sides have used the housing ladder to persuade voters in the EU referendum campaign. Are they right to do so?