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The above rules have been tried and tested by many investors smarter and more successful than myself. Everybody knows the almost cliché golden rule of…

Rate cut lifts confidence The Reserve Bank's interest rate cut has increased confidence among consumers. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index showed consumer sentiment rose 8% in…

Housing sentiment rises in January Sentiment and confidence towards housing improved in the January survey by Westpac, whose chief economist Bill Evans is predicting two…

It was battered and scarred and theauctioneer thoughtit hardly worth his while,to waste much time with the old violin,but he held it up with a…

A Melbourne newspaper article this week bemoaned the fact that “first home buyers in Melbourne fall well short of the median house price”. It noted…

Good grief, do they ever learn? Or do they just not care? They’re declaring the “property boom” over, yet again. And, yet again, it’s based…

First-home buyer numbers under-stated There is growing evidence that first-home numbers are much higher than the "official" figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.…

There is a housing construction boom, with predictions the growth will be sustained for five years. In releasing its latest industry report, forecaster BIS Shrapnel…

There is no bubble, say the Big 4 Bank economists Bill Evans (Westpac, pictured), Alan Oster (NAB), Michael Blythe (Comm Bank) and Warren Hogan (ANZ)…

Statistics don’t lie - but they can certainly mislead if the right questions don’t get asked. Or, from another perspective, figures don’t lie except when…

10% average rise tipped Home prices are expected to rise 10% (on average) this year and could prompt the central bank to lift interest rates…

When it comes to reporting real estate, Australian media is a rabble. Real estate articles are written by people with no credentials or expertise, and…