The World’s Central Banks have today created countless financial bubbles through unconventional and unproven monetary policy. Paralysed by the 2007/08 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) stemming from the burden of unsustainable debt levels, central banks and governments have tirelessly worked in unison to recklessly pump world economies full of more and …
Earlier this week, Australia’s Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison reassured foreign lenders that “Australian housing values, while high, are still ‘real’.” “Safe as houses still broadly means something in Australia,” He went on to say, “The rise in housing values has been driven principally by genuine economic forces of supply and …
With a fire raging in the Melbourne and Sydney property markets, incentivised by emergency low interest rates, negative gearing and capital gains discounts, APRA has announced it can no longer wait for Basel IV banking reforms. The regulator plans to implement a new round of stringent regulation starting mid year. …
Nine banks have today hiked interest rates, out-of-cycle, on regulators confirmation of a housing bubble. On Monday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft remarked “I’ve been saying for a while I thought it was a bubble, other people are catching up now,” The latest Australian Bureau …
“Once you are in the Sydney housing market you are pretty well set then for the rest of your life,” It’s the claim of New South Wales Housing Minister, Anthony Roberts. The Sydney property market is one of the most expensive in the world, and with Australia also having the …
China’s most recent capital controls, introduced on the 1st of January, are having an immediate effect, with fewer Chinese buyers able to purchase property abroad. From London to Melbourne, Vancouver to Sydney, Chinese citizens are struggling to close property transactions in some of the world’s largest property bubbles. International experts …
Credit rating agency Fitch has placed Australia’s banks on a negative credit watch, citing an increase in macro-economic risks stemming from the property asset bubble. Fitch indicated a key risk for the banking system was the banks’ exposure to the overheated property market. Of special concerned is strong increases in …
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