Australia: News Archive

JUNE 2008

• In Melborne, money alone doesn't talk - IHT

MAY 2008

• Property investment tops, report finds - Sydney Morning Heral

APRIL 2008

• OZ lures Kiwi property investors - The New Zealand Hera
• Lenders 'fooling' homeowners on super - News.com au
• Affluent suburbs feeling the property pinch - News.com au
• RBA leaves interest rates on hold - News.com Australia
• Immigration causing housing crisis - Brisbane Times

MARCH 2008

• New South Wales residential market overview, q-1-2008 (PDF) - CB Richard Ellis
• South East Queensland residential overview, Q1-2008 (PDF) - CB Richard Ellis
• OZ homeprices may rise 40% in 5 years - Asia Property Report

FEBRUARY 2008

• Tax review will boost our Asian prospects, says Bowen - The Australian
• Doors open and close as investors buy property - The Age

JANUARY 2008

• Aussie home prices top list - The Australian Busin
• Bigger slice of the apple as property prices soar - Herald Sun
• High prices end dream for Aussies and Kiwis - The West

DECEMBER 2007

• Housing growth set to continue - Brisbane Times

OCTOBER 2007

• Residential market overview, quarter 3-2007 (PDF) - CB Richard Ellis
• Property investors at risk - News.com.au
• Rents pressure rates - Herald Sun
• No recovery in Australia - Asia Property Report

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Victoria residential overview, quarter3-2007, (PDF) - CB Richard Ellis
• Brisbane worst city for rents - News.com.au
• House repossessions up after interest rate rises - The Sydney Morning H
• Huge surge in house prices - Sunday Mail
• Sydney property in doldrums - The Australian
• House prices hit new heights - Herald Sun

AUGUST 2007

• Mortgage stress to show at ballot box - The Age
• 90,000 families feel stress of house costs - The West Australian
• Even by harbour, renters do it tough - The Sydney Morning H
• Rare bite at living in paradise - The Australian Busin
• Reserve Bank of Australia happy with interest rate rise - Brisbane Times
• Property deals bankrolled and ready to go - Business Day
• Labor unveils low-cost rentals scheme - ABC News
• Housing affordability hits new low - Herald Sun
• Is this the end? - Herald Sun
• Kew house prices boom as owners pop champagne - The Age

JULY 2007

• Australian dream fades as cost sends some to ghetto - The Age
• Agreement on real estate law reform - News.com.au
• Housing stress spreads for renters ? - The Age
• House prices falling in key electoral battlegrounds - The Australian
• Housing crisis blamed on rate rises - The Age
• More land ’won’t help house costs’ - The Age
• Apartment prices lead the housing market recovery - The Australian
• Australian Prestige Residential: Market Overview (summer, 06-07) (pdf) - Knight Frank

JUNE 2007

• Through the roof - Herald Sun
• Property boom in the bush - Herald Sun
• Get set for new housing boom - News.com.au
• Housing crisis grips state - Courier Mail

MAY 2007

• Confidence in Condo Market Slips Again - AZOBuild News
• In Melbourne: Renters feel the squeeze - The Sydney Morning H
• March of the million-dollar suburbs - The Sydney Morning H
• Delicate balance for struggling families - The Canberra Times
• Rate hikes impact has passed: economists - Sydney Morning Heral
• Property market goes to extremes - The Australian
• House demand to lift prices - Daily Telegraph
• Dip in housing investment - ABC
• Increasing demand in Sydney - Asia Property Report
• Auckland property market finally takes a breather - New Zealand Herald

APRIL 2007

• Sydney house prices surge - Asia Property Report
• Rental vacancies hit 25-year low - The Age
• Investors drive up housing finance - The Sydney Morning H

MARCH 2007

• Overseas-driven housing boom - The Advertiser
• House price fall ’a natural correction - Herald Sun
• Australia?s housing market - Asia Property Report
• Luxury Living Australian Style - IHT
• No bonanza for owners in tight rental market - The Sydney Morning H
• Warnings for new interest rate rise - Adelaide now!
• Housing mortgage woes - Herald Sun
• Housing market boom - The Courier Mail
• Young ’shut out of the housing market’ - The Sydney Morning H
• A new insight into housing prices - The Advertiser
• Rent costs, food boost inflation - The Australian
• WA abolishes home letting fee - ABC News online

FEBRUARY 2007

• Rental Crisis: Tenants have rights too - News.com.au
• Workers flee Sydney’s unaffordable housing - Online Opinion
• No land shortage, taxes are to blame - The Australian
• Those who can’t buy still merit a home - The Age
• Tide to turn in housing market - The Australian
• House price records to soar - News.com.au
• Rents to jump for years - News.com.au
• High rents lure investors - Herald Sun
• Home loan approvals rise marginally - The World Today
• Aussie rental crisis to worsen - Asia Property Report
• Perth median house price tops $500,000 - thewest.com.au
• NSW Coastal Regions: Residential Market Overview (January, 2007) (pdf) - Knight Frank

JANUARY 2007

• Housing affordability hits low - news.com.au
• House price direction a confusing issue - jindabyneyourguide
• Property prices finally hit the skids - news.com.au
• Housing values fall - Adelaidenow
• Why invest in residential property in Perth, Western Australia (pdf) - Knight Frank

DECEMBER 2006

• Auckland property market produces record result - Scoop
• New property law a big step in the right direction - Scoop
• Australian property firms raid Japan - The Age

NOVEMBER 2006

• Mini Housing Boom on the way - The Age
• Web site targets Australia’s property hotspots - IHT
• Intense Overseas Property Investor Interest in Perth - Shelter Offshore

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Rate rise would hit property - NEWS.com.au
• House prices patchy across the nation - Sydney Morning Heral
• Repossessions at all-time high - Sydney Morning Heral
• Housing market in strife - News

AUGUST 2006

• More homebuyers fix rates - The Advertiser
• Sharing your loan - The Australian
• Home loans survive rate hit - AAP
• How does inflation affect property values? - AAP
• Home buyers ready to swoop as sellers face more rates pressure - AAP
• Interest set to crush renters - Courier Mail
• House prices to tumble - News

JUNE 2006

• Global House Price Boom: The greatest BUBBLE in history - Finfacts Ireland

MARCH 2006

• Sharp rise in Australian housing costs - The Age

MARCH 2005

• In Sydney, a boom starts to boomerang - IHT

JANUARY 2005

• Where are the emerging markets? (pdf) - Colliers Internation

NOVEMBER 1999

• Property clearances up despite share turmoil - The Daily Telegraph