Prime Insights
Is the housing slump easing?
Property prices continued to fall in September, but homeowners may be set to get a reprieve according to CoreLogic’s Home…
Time to Worry About Rising Interest Rates and High Household Debt?
Is trouble brewing for heavily indebted households as interest rates rise? The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted the cash…
What Now for the Housing Market?
The housing market has lost steam after two years of breakneck growth. Dwelling values in select suburbs had already dropped…
Housing Investors Are Back in the Driver’s Seat
After a few years of being largely on the sidelines, housing investors are very much back. They’re borrowing more money…
Have Housing Prices Peaked?
Australia’s property market ended 2021 by smashing records, with median house values across all capital cities surpassing $1 million for…
The 2021 Lending Market for SMEs: An Overview
2021 brought a unique set of circumstances to the lending market for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite changing…
Where’s the Housing Market Headed?
After last year’s off-the-mark forecasts, it’s tough to predict with certainty where the housing market is going next, especially as…
What Can You Expect from APRA’s New Lending Curbs?
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has stepped in to tighten bank lending standards just as the housing market surpassed…
Heady Housing Prices Are Likely to Stay
While the economy is probably heading back into recession, the housing market is showing no signs of reversing its growth,…
What’s Driving the Massive Rise in House Prices?
Australia’s house prices have gone through the roof – and there seem to be plenty of reasons they will stay…