September 3, 2010

Australian Residential Property, Is The Bubble Ready to Burst?

By Jason Fittler I have been researching the Australian housing market for the past month; it is my belief that the Australian housing market has formed a bubble, which is …

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Top end of Town Tips Adelaide’s Median House Price over $400,000

By Aussie franchise manager Robert Thornton in Glenelg. Adelaide’s housing market has rebounded from its GFC slump, recording a 14 percent increase over the past 12 months, according to the Real Estate Institute of South Australia. This is the first time the median house price for metropolitan Adelaide has passed the $400,000, recording a median of $405,000

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Top end of Town Tips Adelaide’s Median House Price over $400,000

Property market is a time-bomb set to explode

THE Australian property markets is the last bubble left in the wake of the financial crisis, and it is only a matter of time before they crash, warns legendary US investor and co-founder of global investment management firm GMO, Jeremy Grantham.

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Australian housing market ‘a time bomb’

THE Australian housing market will need to fall 42 per cent to return to normal, a US expert says.

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Housing market stalls as rates bite

The president of the Real Estate Institute of Australia is urging the Reserve Bank to keep rates on hold from some time.

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Housing market catches winter chill

WINTER may bee cooling off Sydney’s housing market, with analysts predicting fall in property values.

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James Hardie slips on full-year loss

JAMES Hardie swung to a full-year net loss today as asbestos liabilities ballooned, and said the US housing market had likely bottomed.

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Recent Developments in the Housing Market and its Financing

Loans to buy property account for nearly 90 per cent of all household debt and around 40 per cent of the assets of Australian banks and other deposit-takers.

Luci Ellis Speech to the Financial Review Residential Property Conference 2010

Buyers spooked as rates bite

THE Sydney housing market has shown the first signs of slowing as climbing interest rates economic uncertainty and sky-rocketing prices scare off buyers.

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Rental housing market still tight – Ballarat Courier

Rental housing market still tight Ballarat Courier BALLARAT'S rental vacancy rate eased slightly last month, according to new figures from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, …

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