A number of analysts have been predicting that Australian house prices will fall substantially. They are correct in pointing out that our house prices are…
Paul KounnasNovember 17, 2008
The September quarter median house prices for Melbourne have now been released by the ReIV showing a drop of 3.3% to $435,000. This drop in…
Paul KounnasNovember 10, 2008
Earlier this year i wrote an article about the property cycle. If you recall, at the time, i pointed out what appeared to be an…
Paul KounnasOctober 20, 2008
Isn’t it ironic that we have a growing national housing shortage and yet our country is full of houses with empty bedrooms! Recent figures from…
Paul KounnasOctober 13, 2008
Environmental issues and climate change have become a hot topic in recent times. Climate change is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases in the…
Paul KounnasSeptember 28, 2008
The residential property market rose strongly in 2007, before the Reserve Bank halted this growth with successive interest rate increases. The Reserve Bank set out…
Paul KounnasSeptember 21, 2008
The market is predicting an interest rate cut before the end of the year, perhaps as early as September. Consumer confidence is based on emotions…
Paul KounnasAugust 24, 2008
The REIV June quarter median house prices show a moderate growth in the Melbourne property market. According to the figures the Melbourne housing market seems…
Paul KounnasAugust 3, 2008
The Australian housing market has enjoyed extraordinary growth over the last decade. The slowdown and eventual decline in housing prices was inevitable. It started when…
Paul KounnasMay 25, 2008
Successive interest rate increases combined with changing economic conditions have finally affected consumer confidence, bringing escalating house prices down. According to the latest figures released…
Paul KounnasMay 11, 2008
The property market sentiment for 2008 so far has been closely aligned with the financial markets and is increasingly dependent on mood. It seems the…
Paul KounnasMarch 23, 2008
Australians are paying more than 6.6 times the median household income for a median-priced home according to a survey by consultants Demographia. As a comparison,…
Paul KounnasFebruary 24, 2008
