As the dream of home ownership continues to elude a growing number of young Australians, there’s an increasing call to address what could become a serious social issue for our nation’s future. It’s anticipated that our population will reach a staggering 42 million people by 2050, which begs the question, how will we accommodate these […]

When the Reserve Bank announced at the beginning of this month that interest rates would be cut to an all time low of 1.75 per cent, I don’t think I was alone in my surprise. I mean, sure global economic conditions certainly couldn’t be described as optimal right now. But things appeared to be looking […]

The RBA is seemingly tired of being everyone’s favourite whipping boy when it comes to blowing housing bubbles, recently suggesting that to blame low interest rates for the current investor led property craze, was to ignore the true fundamental pushing house prices up by double digits across parts of inner city Sydney in particular. In […]

It seems that with every new property boom in Australia’s major cities, a new construction craze commences. Around 10 years ago when real estate was going gangbusters, high-rise apartment developers flooded a number of ‘big ticket’ markets with their offerings, most notably across Melbourne’s CBD precincts. Buoyed by the good times when real estate is […]