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This month, the Albanese government has broken three records for poor economic management and declining living standards.The first of these records relates to Australia’s real household disposable income, which is arguably the single best…

Recent data from the Australian Treasury, real estate professionals, property portal Juwai IQI, and PropTrack all show that overseas demand for Australian housing is surging.NAB’s latest Residential Property Survey of real estate…

A few short weeks later financial markets are fast reappraising the appointment. Market pricing and scuttlebutt are concerned that Bullock’s promotion was political and Treasurer Jim Chalmers has an undue influence over monetary policy.Bad…

While the nation hand-wrings over one of the worst housing shortages in history, buried in the appendix of Budget Paper 3 was the Federal Government’s official net overseas migration (NOM) forecast, which has been aggressively…

Australia’s house price recovery continued in April, with PropTrack’s dwelling values index recording a 0.1 per cent monthly rise to be up 1.4 per cent from its December trough.Sydney, the market which led the downturn, is now leading the…

Last week’s National Press Club address by Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe included this chart showing that the rise in mortgage rates in Australia has been more severe than most other developed nations:Australia’s…

Against the odds, Australian house prices are rising in the face of ongoing interest rate rises.PropTrack’s dwelling values index recorded a 0.2 per cent rise in February, which followed January’s 0.1 per cent increase.Based on the rebound…

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday lifted the official cash rate (OCR) another 0.25 per cent to 3.6 per cent.It was the tenth consecutive rate hike and has taken the OCR to its highest level since 2012:The increase…

Superficially, it appears Australia’s house price correction may already have ended.PropTrack’s dwelling values index recorded a 0.2 per cent rise in February, which follows January’s 0.1 per cent increase.Capital city dwelling values rose…

It is hard to go anywhere without hearing about Australia’s rental crisis. And for good reason, with rents soaring at record double-digit rates across much of Australia on the back of record tight rental vacancies.Australia’s rental market…