September 6, 2018
ASIC agrees to new banking code
Corporate regulator the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Australian Banking Association have settled on a revised Code of banking Practice.
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August 24, 2018
Liberal Party leadership turmoil could mean Labor gets to implement its housing policy after the next election
The Liberal leadership turmoil this week is making a Labor victory at the next election increasingly likely, so what would that mean for the property market?
August 22, 2018
Typical household incomes of Melbourne renters falling behind inner-city rental prices
A new report has found renters need to be earning $130,000 a year to be able to afford to rent a three-bedroom house in inner-city Melbourne stress free.
August 16, 2018
Australia’s home market a firmly split duality
Australia’s housing market has emerged as two firmly split opposing forces according to the Housing Industry of Australia’s principal economist.
August 14, 2018
Opportunities for developers as university numbers set to spike
The demand for Australian student housing is set to boom in the coming years and it presents an opportunity for property developers.
August 9, 2018
Founding ACCC chair says ASIC is ineffective
The founding chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission – Allan Fels – says the corporate regulator is too soft in fighting bank misconduct.
August 7, 2018
Property buyers hoping to beat the price boom is turning to sellers hoping to beat price drops
Things can turn around pretty quickly in the property game, it wasn’t that long ago that prospective buyers were throwing money at vendors for fear of paying more if they waited as prices rocketed.
August 3, 2018
In a buyers’ market it can be all about one thing – timing
The property market in Melbourne is cooling and it should prick the ears of potential buyers with prices sliding, and according to the experts the key to making a good buy is all in the timing.
August 1, 2018
New housing construction set for big slump
New housing construction is set to drop significantly over the next few years with housing starts to fall over 20 per cent.
July 26, 2018
East coast house price falls gathering speed
Melbourne house price growth has slowed to its lowest rate in nearly six years and in Sydney house prices have fallen at their fastest rate in decade.