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Why 2013 will be a good year for property: Michael Yardney
For much of last year the Australian housing markets were a "tug-of-war",with low interest rates pulling hard on one end of the rope and poo... Read More -
Mosman performing best of Australia's top-end property markets
Without a shadow of a doubt (in my opinion) the best critique of the Australian economy is theBusiness SpectatorCEO pulse, where on a quarterly basis ... Read More -
Commonwealth Bank more valuable than McDonald's and American Express: Tweet of the day
There’s more money to be made selling home loans than flipping hamburgers, it seems. Australian Financial Review columnists Christopher Joye has twee... Read More -
Housing industry welcomes RBA cash rate cut and expects another on Melbourne Cup Day
The housing industry has welcomed the RBA cutting the cash rate by 25 basis points today to 3.25% and expects a follow-up rate cut when the bank next ... Read More -
House prices booming after RBA cash rate cuts, says Christopher Joye: Tweet of the day
Australian houses prices are booming following recent RBA cash rate cuts, Rismark economist and Australian Financial Review columnist Christopher Joye... Read More -
The RBA should not cut rates, says Christopher Joye: Tweet of the day
The RBA should not cut the cash rate as some economists are urging it to do, former Property Observer columnist Christopher Joye has tweeted, followin... Read More -
Getting the mix of property and shares right for your retirement portfolio
Retirement investors need to learnan approach called portfolio optimisation. It’s something the professional fund managers aim for, but they create f... Read More -
From Mark Bouris to John Symond: Property market gurus glorified in website marketing gimmick
Yellow Brick Road's Mark Bouris looking suave in a smoking jacket holding a martini glass. A terrified RP Data’s Tim Lawless in roller coaster... Read More -
Twitter debate fires up (and old rivalries renewed) over whether Australian housing market has bottomed out
Usually dry ABS housing data has fired up debate and accusations among old property data commentaryadversaries. First came the ABS data this morning,... Read More -
Tweet of the day: Glenn Stevens' “lovely” speech gets thumbs up
Twitter was unusually abuzz with positivity following Glenn Stevens' speech today about Australia’s status as “The Lucky Country”. Clearly delig... Read More -
RBA refers to RP Data-Rismark index in July minutes: Christopher Joye
The RBA minutes only refer toone set of house price index data, explicitly highlighting the "up-tick" in prices recorded by RP Data-Rismark&... Read More -
SQM director Louis Christopher responds in index debate
SQM director Louis Christopher has issued another salvo in the ongoing debate about Australian housing price indices. Christopher has tweeted a link ... Read More -
House prices rise sharply in July after June RBA cash rate cut despite media bias towards gloom and spin: Christopher Joye
As I expected, the RBA’s decision to – rightly or wrongly – slash interest rates to historically very low levels (the discounted rate at which most pe... Read More -
RP Data-Rismark’s defence of the daily hedonic home value index
Louis Christopher of SQM states: “ daily hedonic index, for which these claims are based on, is an unreliable index as it is based on a miniscule pr... Read More -
The house price data the RBA uses: Christopher Joye
After each monthly board meeting, the RBA publishes its official "chart pack", which is a detailed 30-page presentation on the Australian ec... Read More -
The 12 twists and turns in the RBA interest rate debate in a year of economic turmoil
Economists are for once unanimous in their opinion that the official cash rate will remain unchanged today at 3.5%. All 28 economists polled by Bloom... Read More -
Recovering house prices across most Australian capitals buck the typically weak June trend: Christopher Joye
Guess what? Contrary to the silly claims of some, Australian house prices are not falling through the floor. In fact, Aussie dwelling prices surged ba... Read More -
Australian housing at its most affordable level for nine years: Christopher Joye
In encouraging news for prospective property owners, Aussie housing continues to get cheaper when deflated using disposable incomes. According to Rism... Read More -
Interest rate cuts starting to stimulate house prices: Christopher Joye
Have the RBA’s relentless rate cuts had any impact on Australia’s housing market? Today we are going to find out. One of the important benefits of th... Read More -
Savers’ returns in the future will be much lower than they have been in the past 15 years: Christopher Joye
What “real” (i.e., after inflation) rate of return should you expect to earn on your savings over the long run? The governor of the Reserve Bank of Au... Read More
