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Why aren’t we cracking down on foreign money laundering in Aussie real estate?
Andreas Lundberg
May 17, 2018
In December, the OECD pointed to serious weaknesses in Federal Government efforts to guard against the laundering of corruptly obtained money through Australian real estate. And it made me wonder: why is the Federal Government not doing more to require those involved in real estate transactions to report their suspicions? continue…
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Avo-Update
Scott Shuttleworth
March 7, 2018
Well it’s that time again – an update to our lengthy commentary on avocado brekkies and the property market. How did the Smashed Avocado index track towards the end of 2017? continue…
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Could a US housing crisis happen here?
Roger Montgomery
March 1, 2018
There is one common theme in the vast number of financial crises the world has seen – excessive debt. So, with Australia’s ratio of household debt to disposable income approaching 200 per cent, it’s time for investors to get super-cautious. continue…
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Brisbane’s apartment pains could trigger nationwide contagion
Roger Montgomery
February 1, 2018
I’ve been warning that new apartments are being oversupplied by developers, and sold to unsuspecting investors who think interest rates will never go up and property prices can never go down. Recent trends have only confirmed my fears.
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Is foreign money laundering boosting Aussie property prices?
Andreas Lundberg
December 22, 2017
We keep hearing government ministers and industry players say that the best way to improve housing affordability is to boost housing supply. The problem is, there are other forces contributing to soaring property prices. And one of them is foreign money laundering – something our governments seem reluctant to tackle. continue…
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Housing trends. First nationwide reversal in prices
Andreas Lundberg
December 15, 2017
As long-time readers well know by now, we consider residential property in Australia to be very expensive and the price trends are something that we follow closely primarily for the impact that it has on other industries. continue…
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Brisbane glut sees price of flats slip by $81,000
Roger Montgomery
December 14, 2017
We have been banging on about a fall in property prices for some time (see our March ’17 blog post Brisbane Apartments are Ground Zero and our November’ 16 post I am calling a short sell on Australian residential apartments). continue…
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With house prices softening, can millennials afford to eat avocado again?
Scott Shuttleworth
December 13, 2017
Property prices are reported to have softened since our last ‘smashed avocado’ update. However, the price declines have not been enough to ease the burden for people trying to save for a home deposit. Thankfully, there’s good news on the horizon for those wanting to get into the property market AND eat their avocado too. continue…
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What does China and Sydney Property have in Common?
Roger Montgomery
December 9, 2017
A couple of very interesting articles in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) recently are worth bringing to your attention given that continuing extremely low levels of volatility suggests nobody is worried about anything at all. continue…
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BUYER BEWARE – FALLING BRISBANE APARTMENT PRICES COULD BE A SIGN OF MORE PAIN
Roger Montgomery
November 23, 2017
In recent times, we’ve been accused by some readers of being too pessimistic about investing in Australian property – particularly new apartments. But collapsing apartment prices in Brisbane seem to support our view. Could this trigger price falls in Sydney and Melbourne?
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