Michael Matusik
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'For sale' listing figures inflated
We all know it is a buyer’s market, with more properties for sale in most markets than buyers. The amount of property advertised for sale has lifted a... Read More -
A check in on the home news, for a day of rest
So how do you follow-up on last week’s tsunami? “Wait a minute, Kochie, there are bright spots for property investment on the Gold and Sunshine coasts... Read More -
A look back over 2011's most successful columns
After three weeks of zero tasking, it is finally time to kick off the new year. We’d like to wish you a very happy 2012 and to share with you some of... Read More -
Australia is booming, so why are we all so gloomy?
Welcome to the boom and the gloom. Australia has everything going for it, being an ultra-safe country and transparent democracy with a mining boom, un... Read More -
Australia's housing market is oversupplied. Yes, oversupplied
Australia’s population growth has slowed by close to 150,000 in just two years, with a 100,000 drop in the actual growth rate over the last 12 months.... Read More -
Automatic pessimism versus foolish optimism: making the right property call
From the mundane – housing market crash; mortgage defaults climbing; low housing affordability; interest rates set to rise; household costs skyrocketi... Read More -
Back in Black: Welcome to your half-life
Unfortunately, this missive has nothing to do with the state of the residential market. It remains “dead, buried and cremated”. This was originally wr... Read More -
Bearish property market predictions off the mark
The best measure of the data on residential prices, RPData-Rismark Hedonic Index, shows that Australian house prices fell just 0.2% last month. This e... Read More -
Bigger houses make economic sense
One of the current social themes is that the consumer is to blame for wanting a big home. The new social order – excuse me if I get on my hobby-horse ... Read More -
Brisbane's rash of new developments could have trouble getting financing
I had to laugh the other day; the Australian Financial Review wrote a very upbeat piece on the high rate of settlement in one of Brisbane’s more recen... Read More
