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It was a pleasure to referee the Grand Final at the John Moriarty Indigenous Football Foundation 6 aside Cup at Allianz Stadium (Sydney Football Stadium) today. Great to see those aspiring football (round ball) young players be given a chance... Read more
Another successful real estate auction bidding. Watch us in action. Follow our 7 rules we use to bid at auctions to increase your chances of success. Our auction bidding service was complimentary. Find out why. Authored by BIDsquare and QED... Read more
All politicians are doing is spending money on first homeowners’ schemes. The market, wealthy individuals that can afford to buy investment properties, real estate agents and developers use the cobra effect to keep on pushing home prices up to whatever... Read more
Since the last RBA cash rate increase in June 2023, median house prices in Sydney are ~2.3% higher, Melbourne ~1%, Brisbane ~2.4%, Adelaide 1.8% and Perth ~1.6%. And this is in less than 2 months! Inflation is also higher despite... Read more
Home loans become problematic for banks when the borrower cannot afford to pay. When this occurs it simply passes it on to their arrears team for management. APRA (Australian Prudential Regulation Authority) expects banks to assess new borrowers’ ability to... Read more
These are my reasons why I will not panic if interest rates spike higher in the next couple of months. We all know, or ought to know, that the USA bond market is the biggest bubble in human history. It... Read more
The battle of wits is on again, albeit at a very early stage. Last round went to the bond market. The bond market is starting to believe that the RBA has gone too far with its cash rate increases in... Read more
Darwin outperformed all other capital cities (by at least 2 times) since 1979 (green dotted lines) despite going sideways between 2011 and 2022 (black dotted lines). Darwin is the least affordable and most expensive capital city by this measure. Whilst... Read more
Hobart’s Purchasing Power Index has progressively become exuberantly expensive over time, much like the other capital cities but more extreme. This is one of the indicators we use to analyse real estate trends. The green dotted lines on the chart... Read more
In this research note we depict the Purchasing Power Index of the median Adelaide property (PPI) over time. This is one of the indicators we use to analyse real estate trends. The PPI for the most recent calculation period being... Read more