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Australian Economy

Sunrise : Top tips on real estate future

SQM’s Louis Christopher and Kochie featured on Sunrise today to talk about the future of Real Estate in Australia. Louis Christopher explained how auction clearance rates are actually calculated, while Kochie talked viewers through the credit crunch and how Australia has the most expensive property in the world. The video

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Australian Economy

Australian house prices could fall by 25% “OR MORE”

Television news and printed newspapers around the country has today reported on comments from the Economist Magazine warning the Australian residential property market could plunge 25 percent, triggered by the European Debt Crisis. The European debt crisis reached new highs this week when an auction of $8.26 billion 10 year

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Australian Economy

First home buyers prefer saving rather than buying

According to press release from the Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia, “First time home buyers have little confidence in the Australian economy, as they baulk at property purchases and hoard their cash”. The press release detailed statistics from a recent Commonwealth Bank/Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia Home Finance

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Australian Economy

More Chinese expect house prices to fall

The last month have seen some large and dramatic changes in China’s property market. A wave of real estate agency closures in Beijing and Shenzhen and falling prices has many Chinese believing the real estate market has reached all time highs and is now finally correcting. Recent weeks have seen

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ABS House Price Indices

Australian housing correction accelerates into 9th month

The September update to Australia’s official house price index was released today showing house prices continue to fall in Australia. The weighted average of the eight capital cities fell 1.2 percent in the last quarter according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The ABS also revised down the June quarter