Articles by Pete Wargent
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16/02/2021 9:27 am
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15/02/2021 4:11 pm
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18/01/2021 12:00 pm
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30/12/2020 3:00 pm
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30/11/2020 1:34 am
February 2021
December 2020
November 2020
- The UK; a case study on botched COVID-19 stimulus: Pete Wargent
- The UK; a case study on botched COVID-19 stimulus: Pete Wargent
- Oil prices up 33%, stocks ballooning: Pete Wargent
- Oil prices up 33%, stocks ballooning: Pete Wargent
- Employment soared higher in October: Pete Wargent
- Employment soared higher in October: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne rental vacancies rise to 27,000 as lockdown lifts: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne rental vacancies rise to 27,000 as lockdown lifts: Pete Wargent
October 2020
September 2020
- Responsible lending laws to be wound back: Pete Wargent
- Responsible lending laws to be wound back: Pete Wargent
- Consumer confidence hits three month high: Pete Wargent
- Consumer confidence hits three month high: Pete Wargent
- Auction results back at pre-COVID levels, excluding Melbourne
- Property prices dip 1.8% in Q2: Pete Wargent
- Warren Buffet swings billions into Japanese stocks: Pete Wargent
August 2020
July 2020
- First home buyer numbers set to grow: Pete Wargent
- First home buyer numbers set to grow: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne lockdown kills chance for a meaningful property recovery: Pete Wargent
- Annual inflation negative for the third time ever: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne lockdown kills chance for a meaningful property recovery: Pete Wargent
- Annual inflation negative for the third time ever: Pete Wargent
- Refinancing explodes to record high: Pete Wargent
- Refinancing explodes to record high: Pete Wargent
- Where are markets heading with nosebleed valuations: Pete Wargent
- Where are markets heading with nosebleed valuations: Pete Wargent
June 2020
- Personal insolvencies remain at their lowest levels in 30 years: Pete Wargent
- Personal insolvencies remain at their lowest levels in 30 years: Pete Wargent
- Average capital city dwelling prices hit record high: Pete Wargent
- Average capital city dwelling prices hit record high: Pete Wargent
- Business conditions begin to claw back: Pete Wargent
- Business conditions begin to claw back: Pete Wargent
- GDP headed down, recession all but locked in: Pete Wargent
- GDP headed down, recession all but locked in: Pete Wargent
May 2020
- Confidence up for 8th consecutive week: Pete Wargent
- Confidence up for 8th consecutive week: Pete Wargent
- Largest fall in job ads ever recorded: Pete Wargent
- Largest fall in job ads ever recorded: Pete Wargent
- The three drivers of property prices: Pete Wargent
- The three drivers of property prices: Pete Wargent
- Mortgage arrears remaining flat: Pete Wargent
- Mortgage arrears remaining flat: Pete Wargent
- Listings tighten across the nation, a pre-election repeat: Pete Wargent
- Listings tighten across the nation, a pre-election repeat: Pete Wargent
April 2020
- Dwelling starts look set to slump to new low: Pete Wargent
- Dwelling starts look set to slump to new low: Pete Wargent
- Will investors hold or sell in this troubled time? Pete Wargent
- Will investors hold or sell in this troubled time? Pete Wargent
- International arrivals at multiyear lows: Pete Wargent
- New listings nearly cut in half: Pete Wargent
- International arrivals at multiyear lows: Pete Wargent
- New listings nearly cut in half: Pete Wargent
- Australia's trade balance is falling away: Pete Wargent
- Australia's trade balance is falling away: Pete Wargent
- New listings and sales are falling but asking prices rose in March: Pete Wargent
- New listings and sales are falling but asking prices rose in March: Pete Wargent
- Job vacancies are getting set for a plunge: Pete Wargent
- Job vacancies are getting set for a plunge: Pete Wargent
March 2020
- Oil prices are at a 17-year low: Pete Wargent
- A 9-point plan for re-opening Australia: Pete Wargent
- Oil prices are at a 17-year low: Pete Wargent
- A 9-point plan for re-opening Australia: Pete Wargent
- Unemployment looks set to double... at least: Pete Wargent
- Capital cites population up 303,000 in FY2019, but paused in 2020: Pete Wargent
- Coronavirus confirmed a global pandemic: Pete Wargent
- Coronavirus confirmed a global pandemic: Pete Wargent
February 2020
- Important market trends investors should keep an eye on: Pete Wargent
- Important market trends investors should keep an eye on: Pete Wargent
- Employment growth remains a challenge for policy makers: Pete Wargent
- The average new mortgage size has increased to nearly $500,000: Pete Wargent
- Housing lending ended 2019 on a high: Pete Wargent
- Housing lending ended 2019 on a high: Pete Wargent
January 2020
December 2019
- International student surge ramps up: Pete Wargent
- International student surge ramps up: Pete Wargent
- Population growth of 381,600 in FY2019: Pete Wargent
- No slowdown in visa issuance: Pete Wargent
- No slowdown in visa issuance: Pete Wargent
- Construction continues crashing: Pete Wargent
- Construction continues crashing: Pete Wargent
- Retail turnover declines are woeful: Pete Wargent
- Retail turnover declines are woeful: Pete Wargent
- Is a recession brewing? Pete Wargent
- Is a recession brewing? Pete Wargent
October 2019
- Why the November RBA meeting may be live: Pete Wargent
- Why the November RBA meeting may be live: Pete Wargent
- Why school catchments are becoming critical: Pete Wargent
- Why school catchments are becoming critical: Pete Wargent
- Commercial construction booming in the Brisbane CBD: Pete Wargent
- Commercial construction booming in the Brisbane CBD: Pete Wargent
September 2019
August 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
- Interest-only cliff: no longer a thing - Pete Wargent
- Interest-only cliff: no longer a thing - Pete Wargent
- Credit to loosen a little: Pete Wargent
- Credit to loosen a little: Pete Wargent
- Prime residential real estate prices in Sydney on a par with Shanghai, Beijing, and Paris
- Where are the Sydney property bargains? Pete Wargent
- Where are the Sydney property bargains? Pete Wargent
- Rental property yields recovering: Pete Wargent
- Rental property yields recovering: Pete Wargent
February 2019
- Construction misses in Q4: Pete Wargent
- Construction misses in Q4: Pete Wargent
- Arrears pain is dull but mortgage regulation is excruciating: Pete Wargent
- More wage weakness but VIC close in on full employment
- More wage weakness but VIC close in on full employment
- Brisbane filling up with rental supply tightening: Pete Wargent
- Banks flying high; mortgage brokers thrashed: Pete Wargent
- Banks flying high; mortgage brokers thrashed: Pete Wargent
- Royal Commission backfires on mortgage broker reform: Pete Wargent
- Royal Commission backfires on mortgage broker reform: Pete Wargent
January 2019
- Average mortgage size leaps in Queensland: Pete Wargent
- Average mortgage size leaps in Queensland: Pete Wargent
- How's the ACT land tax going? And what it means for property investor supply: Pete Wargent
- How's the ACT land tax going? And what it means for property investor supply: Pete Wargent
- 2018 finishes with housing credit having no pulse: Pete Wargent
- 2018 finishes with housing credit having no pulse: Pete Wargent
December 2018
November 2018
- NSW investment booming: Pete Wargent
- NSW investment booming: Pete Wargent
- Construction is weakening, that means fewer cranes: Pete Wargent
- Construction is weakening, that means fewer cranes: Pete Wargent
- Rental vacancies to tighten: Pete Wargent
- Rental vacancies to tighten: Pete Wargent
- Loan sizes trimmed in September: Pete Wargent
- Loan sizes trimmed in September: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne stock surge: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne stock surge: Pete Wargent
October 2018
- The auction strangler: Pete Wargent
- Capital city land price boom continues: Pete Wargent
- Capital city land price boom continues: Pete Wargent
- Auctions fizzle out for 2018
- Auctions fizzle out for 2018
- Canberra and Hobart are turning into rental disaster zones
- Canberra and Hobart are turning into rental disaster zones
- Housing finance squeezed in August: Pete Wargent
- Housing finance squeezed in August: Pete Wargent
- Australian housing off the peaks: Pete Wargent
- Australian housing off the peaks: Pete Wargent
- Infrastructure extended by government spending: Pete Wargent
- Infrastructure extended by government spending: Pete Wargent
- Bottom falls out of Darwin in the Top End: Pete Wargent
- Expect an ongoing decline in the unemployment rate: Pete Wargent
- Banks set to give chase for investors: Pete Wargent
- Banks set to give chase for investors: Pete Wargent
September 2018
- Wages growth in NSW and Victoria is coming: Pete Wargent
- Wages growth in NSW and Victoria is coming: Pete Wargent
- Interest-only loans running at 70 per cent down on 2015 peak: Pete Wargent
- Interest-only loans running at 70 per cent down on 2015 peak: Pete Wargent
- Steady increase in securitised mortgages: Pete Wargent
- Investors squashed further: Pete Wargent
- Investors squashed further: Pete Wargent
August 2018
- Victoria's everything boom: Pete Wargent
- Victoria's everything boom: Pete Wargent
- The cash rate is going to be locked at 1.5 per cent for a very long time: Pete Wargent
- The cash rate is going to be locked at 1.5 per cent for a very long time: Pete Wargent
- Sustained decline in Brisbane rental vacancies: Pete Wargent
- Sustained decline in Brisbane rental vacancies: Pete Wargent
- Housing finance resumes slowdown: Pete Wargent
- Housing finance resumes slowdown: Pete Wargent
- WA home loan arrears still problematic for CBA: Pete Wargent
- WA home loan arrears still problematic for CBA: Pete Wargent
July 2018
- Credit strangle continues for property investors: Pete Wargent
- Credit strangle continues for property investors: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne's house and land values continue to rise: Pete Wargent
- Migrants, jobs and housing: Pete Wargent
- The labour market is improving: Pete Wargent
- The labour market is improving: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne's population growth at record highs makes for strong demand for housing: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne's population growth at record highs makes for strong demand for housing: Pete Wargent
- Lenders gonna lend: Pete Wargent
- Lenders gonna lend: Pete Wargent
- Bank share prices will emerge from Royal Commission bruised but relatively unscathed: Pete Wargent
- Household debt higher over 12 months to March
- Household debt higher over 12 months to March
June 2018
- Most IO borrowers handling the switch to P&I comfortably
- Most IO borrowers handling the switch to P&I comfortably
- Interest-only loans stay low: Pete Wargent
- Interest-only loans stay low: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane rental guarantees mask optimistically pitched apartment product: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane rental guarantees mask optimistically pitched apartment product: Pete Wargent
- Financial markets now not pricing in a cash rate hike until 2020: Pete Wargent
- Financial markets now not pricing in a cash rate hike until 2020: Pete Wargent
- ABS suggests Perth property downturn looks looks to be bottoming out: Pete Wargent
- ABS suggests Perth property downturn looks looks to be bottoming out: Pete Wargent
- Like Sydney before it, Melbourne is enjoying the fruits of its construction boom: Pete Wargent
- Like Sydney before it, Melbourne is enjoying the fruits of its construction boom: Pete Wargent
May 2018
- Hammer time for Melbourne apartments, but Sydney unit approvals continue decline: Pete Wargent
- Local demand insufficient to get projects across the line as offshore apartment buyers dry up: Pete Wargent
- Local demand insufficient to get projects across the line as offshore apartment buyers dry up: Pete Wargent
- Sydney leads the country in wage growth: Pete Wargent
- New South Wales, where the stamp duty/infrastructure boom is paying serious dividends: Pete Wargent
- New South Wales, where the stamp duty/infrastructure boom is paying serious dividends: Pete Wargent
- Good news for Brisbane landlords as vacancy rate slips: Pete Wargent
- Weak income growth triggering higher arrears: Pete Wargent
- Weak income growth triggering higher arrears: Pete Wargent
- Sydney's population growth up 2%: Pete Wargent
April 2018
- Don't get caught in the yield trap: Pete Wargent
- 71% of landlords owned a solitary investment property: Pete Wargent
- National rental price growth rises off the mat: Pete Wargent
- Inflation data will shape future interest rate direction: Pete Wargent
- Inflation data will shape future interest rate direction: Pete Wargent
- Why Melbourne's supposed oversupply of housing never materialised: Pete Wargent
- Royal Commission to slow property lending: Pete Wargent
- Royal Commission to slow property lending: Pete Wargent
- Department stores under intense pressure: Pete Wargent
- Department stores under intense pressure: Pete Wargent
- Sydney building approvals declining quickly: Pete Wargent
- The narrative around household debt is changing: Pete Wargent
- Student visa boom still underway: Pete Wargent
- Student visa boom still underway: Pete Wargent
March 2018
- Immigrants still love Sydney and Melbourne, and now in record numbers
- Immigrants still love Sydney and Melbourne, and now in record numbers
- Queensland's internal population flows stabilising the CBD apartment ship: Pete Wargent
- Queensland's internal population flows stabilising the CBD apartment ship: Pete Wargent
- Investor loans in decline: Pete Wargent
- Investor loans in decline: Pete Wargent
February 2018
- Brisbane and Perth of tomorrow will be cities the size of Melbourne and Sydney today: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane and Perth of tomorrow will be cities the size of Melbourne and Sydney today: Pete Wargent
- Share correction could help Australia property markets
- Share correction could help Australia property markets
- Eight factors kill the apartment construction boom in its tracks: Pete Wargent
- Eight factors kill the apartment construction boom in its tracks: Pete Wargent
- Hobart housing market is a buyer's nightmare: Pete Wargent
- Hobart housing market is a buyer's nightmare: Pete Wargent
- Talk of imminent rate hikes was little more than wishful thinking: Pete Wargent
- Talk of imminent rate hikes was little more than wishful thinking: Pete Wargent
January 2018
- Mortgage arrears down again, including shadow lenders: Pete Wargent
- Mortgage arrears down again, including shadow lenders: Pete Wargent
- Rental vacancies down in 2017; but not everywhere: Pete Wargent
- Rental vacancies down in 2017; but not everywhere: Pete Wargent
- Growth after Australia's auto production industry is no more: Pete Wargent
- Growth after Australia's auto production industry is no more: Pete Wargent
- Non-banks pick up slack for investment loans: Pete Wargent
- Non-banks pick up slack for investment loans: Pete Wargent
December 2017
- Mortgage delinquencies decline further: Pete Wargent
- Mortgage delinquencies decline further: Pete Wargent
- Record high immigration to Sydney and Melbourne: Pete Wargent
- Record high immigration to Sydney and Melbourne: Pete Wargent
- APRA strikes back to quell IO lending
- APRA strikes back to quell IO lending
- RBA's October Financial Aggregates figures sees housing credit expand
- RBA's October Financial Aggregates figures sees housing credit expand
November 2017
- Crane watch reaches its peak: Pete Wargent
- Apartment glut on the Gabba's skyline obvious even to the Channel 9 cricket commentary team: Pete Wargent
- Apartment glut on the Gabba's skyline obvious even to the Channel 9 cricket commentary team: Pete Wargent
- Bitcoin up over 1,000 percent in the last 12 months
- The switch away from interest only loans: Pete Wargent
- Batting well as 68 per cent of Australian adults have a net worth of above $100,000
- Wages growth at snail's pace: Pete Wargent
- Wages growth at snail's pace: Pete Wargent
- Finding something exciting to say every month on home loan financing: Pete Wargent
- Home loan arrears tracking lower at CommBank: Pete Wargent
- Home loan arrears tracking lower at CommBank: Pete Wargent
- RBA data shows the brakes on lending: Pete Wargent
October 2017
- Brisbane apartment dwelling starts to drop precipitously
- Brisbane apartment dwelling starts to drop precipitously
- The population exodus from Sydney: Pete Wargent
- The population exodus from Sydney: Pete Wargent
- First home buyer numbers bolt
- First home buyer numbers bolt
- It's easy to construct a doomsday Brisbane apartment scenario, but expect it to be far less dramatic: Pete Wargent
- The return of the first home buyer: Pete Wargent
- The return of the first home buyer: Pete Wargent
- Housing credit shift to non-banks?
- Housing credit shift to non-banks?
- Southerners need to avoid being fleeced by Queensland's famed white shoe brigade
- Southerners need to avoid being fleeced by Queensland's famed white shoe brigade
September 2017
- Build and they may come: Pete Wargent on the headcount and apartment glut speculation
- Build and they may come: Pete Wargent on the headcount and apartment glut speculation
- Sydney relishing stamp-duty-funded infrastructure boom
- Sydney relishing stamp-duty-funded infrastructure boom
- SQM sees rental shortages by 2019
- SQM sees rental shortages by 2019
- Australia's mean dwelling price rises 8 percent to $679,100
- Australia's mean dwelling price rises 8 percent to $679,100
- Why are they selling? Pete Wargent
- Why are they selling? Pete Wargent
- Property lending finance picks up: Pete Wargent
- Property lending finance picks up: Pete Wargent
- Home loans back in favour: Pete Wargent
- Home loans back in favour: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne property correction nowhere to be seen: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne property correction nowhere to be seen: Pete Wargent
- Hobart mounts full-scale property boom
- Hobart mounts full-scale property boom
- Rebalancing away from the high-rise construction effect: Pete Wargent
- Rebalancing away from the high-rise construction effect: Pete Wargent
- Mining cliff Rest In Peace: Pete Wargent
- Mining cliff Rest In Peace: Pete Wargent
- The record year for house lending: Pete Wargent
- The record year for house lending: Pete Wargent
August 2017
- ADI home loan exposure pass $1 trillion: Pete Wargent
- ADI home loan exposure pass $1 trillion: Pete Wargent
- Lend Lease report low apartment default rate
- Lend Lease report low apartment default rate
- Melbourne land sales figures look pretty damning
- Melbourne land sales figures look pretty damning
- Melbourne land hits fastest sales pace on record: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne land hits fastest sales pace on record: Pete Wargent
- Is the Perth property market finding a floor?
- Is the Perth property market finding a floor?
- No major bank is close to APRA'S 10 percent mortgage growth speed limit
- No major bank is close to APRA'S 10 percent mortgage growth speed limit
July 2017
- Perth, Darwin rents still falling
- Perth, Darwin rents still falling
- Forget any chance of an oversupply in Melbourne dwellings: Pete Wargent
- Forget any chance of an oversupply in Melbourne dwellings: Pete Wargent
- NAB survey burns house down: Pete Wargent
- NAB survey burns house down: Pete Wargent
- Building boom was the biggest ever; but it's ending: Pete Wargent
- Building boom was the biggest ever; but it's ending: Pete Wargent
- Tough times for first homebuyers: Pete Wargent
- Tough times for first homebuyers: Pete Wargent
- Greater Brisbane's apartment construction boom totters on its last legs: Pete Wargent
- Greater Brisbane's apartment construction boom totters on its last legs: Pete Wargent
- Hobart property market tight
- Hobart property market tight
- Engineering construction no longer an economic drag
- Engineering construction no longer an economic drag
- Mortgage growth displays strength: Pete Wargent
- Mortgage growth displays strength: Pete Wargent
June 2017
- Mortgage rate tweaks set to bite: Pete Wargent
- Mortgage rate tweaks set to bite: Pete Wargent
- Lower rates reducing mortgage stress
- Lower rates reducing mortgage stress
- Sydney auction market cooling as finance harder to come by
- Sydney auction market cooling as finance harder to come by
- Is Sydney heading for a rental crisis?
- Is Sydney heading for a rental crisis?
- Melbourne vacancies crash to a 7-year low
- Melbourne vacancies crash to a 7-year low
- Capital city prices rise 10 percent
- Capital city prices rise 10 percent
- Migrants flocking to capital cities - and staying there too: Pete Wargent
- Migrants flocking to capital cities - and staying there too: Pete Wargent
- NSW first homebuyers to dwindle until July: Pete Wargent
- NSW first homebuyers to dwindle until July: Pete Wargent
- Listings suggest ongoing strength: Pete Wargent
- Listings suggest ongoing strength: Pete Wargent
May 2017
- Sydney property concerns emerge in rising financial stress: Pete Wargent
- Sydney property concerns emerge in rising financial stress: Pete Wargent
- Mining cliff over, what next for the residential market? Pete Wargent
- Mining cliff over, what next for the residential market? Pete Wargent
- APRA may deploy its 'special powers': Pete Wargent
- APRA may deploy its 'special powers': Pete Wargent
- Housing finance steady pre-APRA: Pete Wargent
- Housing finance steady pre-APRA: Pete Wargent
- Budget takes sideswipe at negative gearing: Pete Wargent
- Budget takes sideswipe at negative gearing: Pete Wargent
- WA home loan portfolio deteriorating: Pete Wargent
- WA home loan portfolio deteriorating: Pete Wargent
April 2017
- Rental growth at two-decade low: Pete Wargent
- Rental growth at two-decade low: Pete Wargent
- Let's hope the new arrivals like egg boxes: Pete Wargent
- Let's hope the new arrivals like egg boxes: Pete Wargent
- The property effect of record busting immigration: Pete Wargent
- The property effect of record busting immigration: Pete Wargent
- Investors pile into Sydney: Pete Wargent
- Investors pile into Sydney: Pete Wargent
- Surfers Paradise fundamentals suggest a rising market over the next couple of years: Pete Wargent
- Surfers Paradise fundamentals suggest a rising market over the next couple of years: Pete Wargent
- Employees flocking to eastern capitals: Pete Wargent
- Employees flocking to eastern capitals: Pete Wargent
- Housing credit growth slows
- Housing credit growth slows
- APRA offers further measures to cool certain housing market sectors
- APRA offers further measures to cool certain housing market sectors
March 2017
- Stamp duty bonanza: Pete Wargent
- Stamp duty bonanza: Pete Wargent
- Construction driving employment increases: Pete Wargent
- Rental losses are falling: Pete Wargent
- Rental losses are falling: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne crowned king of jobs and growth
- Melbourne crowned king of jobs and growth
- Geelong prices teeing off early
- Geelong prices teeing off early
- Gladstone nearing the property bottom
- Gladstone nearing the property bottom
- Rising prices beget more buyers?
- Rising prices beget more buyers?
- The good and the ugly behind Queensland's recovery: Pete Wargent
- The good and the ugly behind Queensland's recovery: Pete Wargent
- Investor lending has come storming back: Pete Wargent
- Investor lending has come storming back: Pete Wargent
- Investors rush to beat potential tax changes: Pete Wargent
- Investors rush to beat potential tax changes: Pete Wargent
- Threefold boost for Geelong housing market: Pete Wargent
- Threefold boost for Geelong housing market: Pete Wargent
- APRA reports non-performing loans on the rise
- APRA reports non-performing loans on the rise
- Housing credit doubles in a decade: Pete Wargent
- Housing credit doubles in a decade: Pete Wargent
February 2017
- Outstanding housing debt has been compounding: Pete Wargent
- Outstanding housing debt has been compounding: Pete Wargent
- NSW stamp duty boom continues in 2017: Pete Wargent
- NSW stamp duty boom continues in 2017: Pete Wargent
- Vacancy rates ease after seasonal spike: Pete Wargent
- Vacancy rates ease after seasonal spike: Pete Wargent
- Where the capital city land prices are rising the most: Pete Wargent
- Where the capital city land prices are rising the most: Pete Wargent
- Investor lending resurgent in Sydney: Pete Wargent
- Investor lending resurgent in Sydney: Pete Wargent
- Blazing start to Sydney auction year: Pete Wargent
- Apartment approvals are falling sharply: Pete Wargent
- Apartment approvals are falling sharply: Pete Wargent
- Sydney median prices rose in 2016: Pete Wargent
- Sydney median prices rose in 2016: Pete Wargent
- New home sales staging a recovery: Pete Wargent
- New home sales staging a recovery: Pete Wargent
- Asking prices jump in Sydney and Melbourne
- Asking prices jump in Sydney and Melbourne
- Rents down in resources capitals: Pete Wargent
- Rents down in resources capitals: Pete Wargent
- Mortgage rates nudge higher: Pete Wargent
- Mortgage rates nudge higher: Pete Wargent
January 2017
- Where capital city rents are falling further in 2017: Pete Wargent
- Where capital city rents are falling further in 2017: Pete Wargent
- New housing finance is topping out: Pete Wargent
- New housing finance is topping out: Pete Wargent
- High rise boom has barely begun so watch out for weakening apartment rents and and prices in 2017: Pete Wargent
- High rise boom has barely begun so watch out for weakening apartment rents and and prices in 2017: Pete Wargent
- APRA shrugged? Investments loans up 21 percent: Pete Wargent
- APRA shrugged? Investments loans up 21 percent: Pete Wargent
- NSW land values rise again to $1.5 trillion: Pete Wargent
- NSW land values rise again to $1.5 trillion: Pete Wargent
- Where Brisbane landords face rental challenges in 2017: Pete Wargent
- Where Brisbane landords face rental challenges in 2017: Pete Wargent
- NZ migration highest on record: Pete Wargent
- NZ migration highest on record: Pete Wargent
- Students help temporary visa holders soar towards 2 million: Pete Wargent
- Students help temporary visa holders soar towards 2 million: Pete Wargent
- NSW mortgage size passes $600,000 average: Pete Wargent
- NSW mortgage size passes $600,000 average: Pete Wargent
- Retail trade consolidates: Pete Wargent
- Retail trade consolidates: Pete Wargent
- Nine upside risks to the Australian economy in 2017: Pete Wargent
- Nine upside risks to the Australian economy in 2017: Pete Wargent
- Stock versus flow in inner-Sydney apartments: Pete Wargent
- Stock versus flow in inner-Sydney apartments: Pete Wargent
- Perth dwelling prices now 7.9% below their 2014 peak
- Perth dwelling prices now 7.9% below their 2014 peak
- Can you comfortably afford to repay a mortgage in a 6% or even 7% scenario?: Pete Wargent
- Can you comfortably afford to repay a mortgage in a 6% or even 7% scenario?: Pete Wargent
December 2016
November 2016
- Lenders switch focus from investors to homebuyers
- Lenders switch focus from investors to homebuyers
- Two year low for new home sales: Pete Wargent
- Two year low for new home sales: Pete Wargent
- Sydney's North Shore market sizzling: Pete Wargent
- Listings lowest on record says McGrath: Pete Wargent
- Listings lowest on record says McGrath: Pete Wargent
- Sydney auctions solid ahead of Super Saturday
- Sydney auctions solid ahead of Super Saturday
- Labour market: weakness under the hood
- Labour market: weakness under the hood
- Where to for property prices in 2017?
- Where to for property prices in 2017?
- Immigration turns up a notch: Pete Wargent
- Immigration turns up a notch: Pete Wargent
- 3 reasons why property sales volumes are declining: Pete Wargent
- 3 reasons why property sales volumes are declining: Pete Wargent
- Why Australians invest in property
- Why Australians invest in property
- Housing market indicators have eased
- Housing market indicators have eased
- Funding costs keep falling: Pete Wargent
- Funding costs keep falling: Pete Wargent
October 2016
- Rental growth steadies, though not in Sydney
- Rental growth steadies, though not in Sydney
- Asking rents soaring in Canberra, but why? Pete Wargent
- Asking rents soaring in Canberra, but why? Pete Wargent
- Five reasons buyers seek new dwellings: Pete Wargent
- Five reasons buyers seek new dwellings: Pete Wargent
- Vacancies up slightly year-on-year: Pete Wargent
- Vacancies up slightly year-on-year: Pete Wargent
- Sydney property investors come storming back
- Sydney property investors come storming back
- Mining crunch stress and house prices
- Mining crunch stress and house prices
- Demand is fading, let the apartment downturn commence: Pete Wargent
- Demand is fading, let the apartment downturn commence: Pete Wargent
- What's going down with first home buyers? Pete Wargent
- What's going down with first home buyers? Pete Wargent
- Chinese visitors more than double in 4 years: Pete Wargent
- Chinese visitors more than double in 4 years: Pete Wargent
- Average mortgage size hits new high: Pete Wargent
- Average mortgage size hits new high: Pete Wargent
- High rise projects most at-risk sector: Pete Wargent
- High rise projects most at-risk sector: Pete Wargent
September 2016
- Chinese buyers... where to from here? Pete Wargent
- Chinese buyers... where to from here? Pete Wargent
- When construction winds down: Pete Wargent
- When construction winds down: Pete Wargent
- Vacancy rates drop everywhere, big city rents jump
- Vacancy rates drop everywhere, big city rents jump
- Sydney vacancy rates tighten again
- Sydney vacancy rates tighten again
- Capital city prices rose in Q2: Pete Wargent
- Capital city prices rose in Q2: Pete Wargent
- Sydney apartment completions lag: Pete Wargent
- Sydney apartment completions lag: Pete Wargent
- Listings decline across the board: Pete Wargent
- Listings decline across the board: Pete Wargent
- Immigration levers and the apartment oversupply scenario: Pete Wargent
- Immigration levers and the apartment oversupply scenario: Pete Wargent
- Retail flat again (far out!) Pete Wargent
- Retail flat again (far out!) Pete Wargent
August 2016
- Government debt and the capex black hole: Pete Wargent
- Government debt and the capex black hole: Pete Wargent
- Slow take up of Significant Investor Visa: Pete Wargent
- Slow take up of Significant Investor Visa: Pete Wargent
- Record building boom continues: Pete Wargent
- Record building boom continues: Pete Wargent
- Sydney's construction pipeline: Pete Wargent
- Sydney's construction pipeline: Pete Wargent
- Building MOAR high rise: Pete Wargent
- Building MOAR high rise: Pete Wargent
- Housing finance accelerating again: Pete Wargent
- Housing finance accelerating again: Pete Wargent
- Record Chinese visitors again: Pete Wargent
- Record Chinese visitors again: Pete Wargent
- Rental market cyclically sluggish: Pete Wargent
- Rental market cyclically sluggish: Pete Wargent
July 2016
- Brace for record low rates: Pete Wargent
- Brace for record low rates: Pete Wargent
- Job ads up to a four-year high: Pete Wargent
- Job ads up to a four-year high: Pete Wargent
- Victoria's population projections: Pete Wargent
- Victoria's population projections: Pete Wargent
- Making sense of Australia's super-duper construction boom: Pete Wargent
- Making sense of Australia's super-duper construction boom: Pete Wargent
- The GDP myth and doomsday property predictions: Pete Wargent
- The GDP myth and doomsday property predictions: Pete Wargent
- Approvals decline for Sydney and Brisbane units: Pete Wargent
- Approvals decline for Sydney and Brisbane units: Pete Wargent
- Record household wealth takes a breather: Pete Wargent
- Record household wealth takes a breather: Pete Wargent
June 2016
- Tips and traps for property investors: Pete Wargent
- Tips and traps for property investors: Pete Wargent
- About 60 percent of permanent migrants to Australia now hail from Asia: Pete Wargent
- About 60 percent of permanent migrants to Australia now hail from Asia: Pete Wargent
- The Arrium collapse is not pretty for Whyalla property investors: Pete Wargent
- The Arrium collapse is not pretty for Whyalla property investors: Pete Wargent
- New student visa rules set to boost property markets: Pete Wargent
- New student visa rules set to boost property markets: Pete Wargent
May 2016
- Sydney apartments surge: Pete Wargent
- Sydney apartments surge: Pete Wargent
- Property investor average net loss reduced by 64 percent since 2008: Pete Wargent
- Property investor average net loss reduced by 64 percent since 2008: Pete Wargent
- Non-capital house prices have not recovered strongly since the financial crisis: Pete Wargent
- Non-capital house prices have not recovered strongly since the financial crisis: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne and Sydney rental property vacancies down over year: Pete Wargent
- Melbourne and Sydney rental property vacancies down over year: Pete Wargent
- Does Australia have a greater housing oversupply than the US? Pete Wargent
- Does Australia have a greater housing oversupply than the US? Pete Wargent
- Retail solid if unspectacular: Pete Wargent
- Retail solid if unspectacular: Pete Wargent
- The long slow march to zero? Pete Wargent
- The long slow march to zero? Pete Wargent
- Annual housing credit growth moderating: Pete Wargent
- Annual housing credit growth moderating: Pete Wargent
- Genworth mortgage insurance update: Pete Wargent
- Genworth mortgage insurance update: Pete Wargent
April 2016
- Inflation show stopper: Pete Wargent
- Inflation show stopper: Pete Wargent
- Townsville unemployment at 13 year high: Pete Wargent
- Townsville unemployment at 13 year high: Pete Wargent
- No inner west Sydney rental oversupply: Pete Wargent
- No inner west Sydney rental oversupply: Pete Wargent
- Capital city land prices through the roof: Pete Wargent
- Capital city land prices through the roof: Pete Wargent
- Property investment loans already bottoming out: Pete Wargent
- Property investment loans already bottoming out: Pete Wargent
- The becalmed market: Pete Wargent
- The becalmed market: Pete Wargent
- Residential construction boom tapering off: Pete Wargent
- Residential construction boom tapering off: Pete Wargent
- Home price growth steadies: Pete Wargent
- Home price growth steadies: Pete Wargent
- Sydney unit rents rise to record high? Pete Wargent
- Sydney unit rents rise to record high? Pete Wargent
- FIRB real estate approvals triple in two years: Pete Wargent
- FIRB real estate approvals triple in two years: Pete Wargent
- Population growth to rebound in 2016: Pete Wargent
- Population growth to rebound in 2016: Pete Wargent
- Whyalla wipeout on the brink (redux): Pete Wargent
- Whyalla wipeout on the brink (redux): Pete Wargent
- Building approvals boom all over bar the grouting: Pete Wargent
- Building approvals boom all over bar the grouting: Pete Wargent
March 2016
- The top home loan lenders by state: Pete Wargent
- New rental market trends: Pete Wargent
- New rental market trends: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane racks up 14th consecutive quarterly gain: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane racks up 14th consecutive quarterly gain: Pete Wargent
- Negative gearing set to stay: Pete Wargent
- Negative gearing set to stay: Pete Wargent
- Bank funding costs declined in 2015: Pete Wargent
- Bank funding costs declined in 2015: Pete Wargent
- Piff, Paff, Pouf the mining construction boom vanishes: Pete Wargent
- Piff, Paff, Pouf the mining construction boom vanishes: Pete Wargent
- Were the January housing figures really that bad? Pete Wargent
- Were the January housing figures really that bad? Pete Wargent
- Sydney land prices up 50 percent in 3 years: Pete Wargent
- Sydney land prices up 50 percent in 3 years: Pete Wargent
- Asian century tees off in Australia: Pete Wargent
- Asian century tees off in Australia: Pete Wargent
- Owner-occupiers lead housing lending: Pete Wargent
- Owner-occupiers lead housing lending: Pete Wargent
February 2016
- 10 year home price forecast for Sydney: Pete Wargent
- 10 year home price forecast for Sydney: Pete Wargent
- High LVR loans have been declining for years: Pete Wargent
- High LVR loans have been declining for years: Pete Wargent
- Record residential construction boom: Pete Wargent
- Record residential construction boom: Pete Wargent
- NSW & QLD are creating the jobs: Pete Wargent
- NSW & QLD are creating the jobs: Pete Wargent
- Housing market in good health: Pete Wargent
- Housing market in good health: Pete Wargent
- Genworth's mortgage delinquencies remain low
- Genworth's mortgage delinquencies remain low
- How the dollar is driving demographic trends for property investors: Pete Wargent
- How the dollar is driving demographic trends for property investors: Pete Wargent
- Brighter days ahead for Queensland: Pete Wargent
- Brighter days ahead for Queensland: Pete Wargent
January 2016
- National rental growth slowest since 1995: Pete Wargent
- National rental growth slowest since 1995: Pete Wargent
- Owner occupiers overtake investors: Pete Wargent
- Owner occupiers overtake investors: Pete Wargent
- Our mortgages are getting bigger: Pete Wargent
- Our mortgages are getting bigger: Pete Wargent
- Australian retail trade trending up nicely: Pete Wargent
- Australian retail trade trending up nicely: Pete Wargent
- Population growth and infrastructure crucial for property price growth: Pete Wargent
- Population growth and infrastructure crucial for property price growth: Pete Wargent
December 2015
- Homeowners forging ahead on repayments: Pete Wargent
- Homeowners forging ahead on repayments: Pete Wargent
- Western Sydney's job surge: Pete Wargent
- Western Sydney's job surge: Pete Wargent
- Sydney house prices up 21.9% Pete Wargent
- Sydney house prices up 21.9% Pete Wargent
- 2016 unpredictable for housing after APRA runs interference: Pete Wargent
- 2016 unpredictable for housing after APRA runs interference: Pete Wargent
- Record household debt of $245,000: Pete Wargent
- Record household debt of $245,000: Pete Wargent
- Investor boom is a cooked goose: Pete Wargent
- Investor boom is a cooked goose: Pete Wargent
- Slight listings decline in November: Pete Wargent
- Slight listings decline in November: Pete Wargent
- Fed set for lift off: Pete Wargent
- Fed set for lift off: Pete Wargent
November 2015
- Residex market update: Pete Wargent
- Residex market update: Pete Wargent
- Forecasting real estate myths: Pete Wargent
- Forecasting real estate myths: Pete Wargent
- Construction trends (off-the-plan mess) Pete Wargent
- Construction trends (off-the-plan mess) Pete Wargent
- Who pays the interest? Pete Wargent
- Who pays the interest? Pete Wargent
- Residential land values soar: Pete Wargent
- Residential land values soar: Pete Wargent
- How much money is there? Pete Wargent
- How much money is there? Pete Wargent
- Mining regions struggle: Pete Wargent
- Mining regions struggle: Pete Wargent
- Vacancy rates a mixed bag: Pete Wargent
- Vacancy rates a mixed bag: Pete Wargent
- APRA's traps and investor loans: Pete Wargent
- APRA's traps and investor loans: Pete Wargent
- Shifting sands (record NSW lending?) Pete Wargent
- Shifting sands (record NSW lending?) Pete Wargent
- Investor lending cools: Pete Wargent
- Investor lending cools: Pete Wargent
- Australia capturing Chinese middle class attention: Pete Wargent
- Australia capturing Chinese middle class attention: Pete Wargent
- Building boom all over bar the grouting? Pete Wargent
- Building boom all over bar the grouting? Pete Wargent
- Chinese investment in Queensland explodes: Pete Wargent
- Chinese investment in Queensland explodes: Pete Wargent
October 2015
- Rental inflation soft: Pete Wargent
- Rental inflation soft: Pete Wargent
- Veggie price decline influences inflation outcome: Pete Wargent
- Veggie price decline influences inflation outcome: Pete Wargent
- 35 years of Sydney house prices: Pete Wargent
- 35 years of Sydney house prices: Pete Wargent
- Auctions fading to black in Sydney outer: Pete Wargent
- Auctions fading to black in Sydney outer: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane looking up: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane looking up: Pete Wargent
- Sydney boom slows in Q3: Pete Wargent
- Sydney boom slows in Q3: Pete Wargent
- NSW above trend and accelerating: Pete Wargent
- NSW above trend and accelerating: Pete Wargent
- Strongest homebuilding since 1788: Pete Wargent
- Strongest homebuilding since 1788: Pete Wargent
- Residential construction peak: Pete Wargent
- Residential construction peak: Pete Wargent
- Average mortgage size soars: Pete Wargent
- Average mortgage size soars: Pete Wargent
- October housing prices: Pete Wargent
- October housing prices: Pete Wargent
- The housing market switcheroo: Pete Wargent
- The housing market switcheroo: Pete Wargent
- Auctions on the rebound: Pete Wargent
- Auctions on the rebound: Pete Wargent
- Why are people coming Down Under? Pete Wargent
- Why are people coming Down Under? Pete Wargent
- Job ads biggest jump in 15 months: Pete Wargent
- Job ads biggest jump in 15 months: Pete Wargent
- Rubbery suburb median prices: Pete Wargent
- Rubbery suburb median prices: Pete Wargent
- Owner-occupiers pick up housing market baton: Pete Wargent
- Owner-occupiers pick up housing market baton: Pete Wargent
September 2015
- The high rise apartment glut: Pete Wargent
- The high rise apartment glut: Pete Wargent
- Macroprudential fail as London prices rise again: Pete Wargent
- Macroprudential fail as London prices rise again: Pete Wargent
- Long run residential prices: Pete Wargent
- Long run residential prices: Pete Wargent
- State population trends: Pete Wargent
- State population trends: Pete Wargent
- Expect the ABS to show recovery figures: Pete Wargent
- Expect the ABS to show recovery figures: Pete Wargent
- NSW dwelling stock value explodes: Pete Wargent
- NSW dwelling stock value explodes: Pete Wargent
- Dwelling prices update due: Pete Wargent
- Dwelling prices update due: Pete Wargent
- New dwelling prices rising in China: Pete Wargent
- New dwelling prices rising in China: Pete Wargent
- Regional land prices are falling: Pete Wargent
- Regional land prices are falling: Pete Wargent
- England house prices power on: Pete Wargent
- England house prices power on: Pete Wargent
- Vacancy rates tighten a little: Pete Wargent
- Vacancy rates tighten a little: Pete Wargent
- Property hot, but volumes not: Pete Wargent
- Property hot, but volumes not: Pete Wargent
- APRA measures to hit lower income suburbs: Pete Wargent
- APRA measures to hit lower income suburbs: Pete Wargent
- Unemployment falls back to 6.2%: Pete Wargent
- Unemployment falls back to 6.2%: Pete Wargent
- The incredible Sydney property boom has steam left in it: Pete Wargent
- The incredible Sydney property boom has steam left in it: Pete Wargent
- Construction expands in August: Pete Wargent
- Construction expands in August: Pete Wargent
- RBA: Location, location, location! Pete Wargent
- RBA: Location, location, location! Pete Wargent
- Auctions spring forth: Pete Wargent
- Auctions spring forth: Pete Wargent
- House prices rise in August: Pete Wargent
- House prices rise in August: Pete Wargent
- Stock for sale virtually unchanged from last year: Pete Wargent
- Stock for sale virtually unchanged from last year: Pete Wargent
August 2015
- Astonishing Sydney boom accelerates: Pete Wargent
- Astonishing Sydney boom accelerates: Pete Wargent
- Making waves in the Aussie housing market: Pete Wargent
- Making waves in the Aussie housing market: Pete Wargent
- Inner suburbs hot for-evuh: Pete Wargent
- Inner suburbs hot for-evuh: Pete Wargent
- Construction rebounds...for now: Pete Wargent
- Construction rebounds...for now: Pete Wargent
- Interest rates to fall: Pete Wargent
- Interest rates to fall: Pete Wargent
- Investment loans power on: Pete Wargent
- Investment loans power on: Pete Wargent
- Interest only loans boom: Pete Wargent
- Interest only loans boom: Pete Wargent
- Toowoomba a regional success story: Pete Wargent
- Toowoomba a regional success story: Pete Wargent
- Three positives for property in 2016: Pete Wargent
- Three positives for property in 2016: Pete Wargent
- SQM foreshadows mining downturn: Pete Wargent
- SQM foreshadows mining downturn: Pete Wargent
- Stretched household budgets or not? Pete Wargent
- Stretched household budgets or not? Pete Wargent
- Strongest UK August market since 2007: Pete Wargent
- Strongest UK August market since 2007: Pete Wargent
- Steal an edge on imperfect property markets: Pete Wargent
- Steal an edge on imperfect property markets: Pete Wargent
- A new high for Australian home values: Pete Wargent
- A new high for Australian home values: Pete Wargent
- Pace of NSW investor lending accelerates: Pete Wargent
- Pace of NSW investor lending accelerates: Pete Wargent
- Housing construction helps retail remain robust: Pete Wargent
- Housing construction helps retail remain robust: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane's Newstead, neat but pricey: Pete Wargent
- Brisbane's Newstead, neat but pricey: Pete Wargent
- Slower population growth implications for property investors: Pete Wargent
- Slower population growth implications for property investors: Pete Wargent
- Sydney home buyers picking up the investor financing baton: Pete Wargent
- Sydney home buyers picking up the investor financing baton: Pete Wargent
- A lot of drivel written about Sydney's supply response: Pete Wargent
- A lot of drivel written about Sydney's supply response: Pete Wargent
- Sydney achieves record growth: Pete Wargent
- Sydney achieves record growth: Pete Wargent
July 2015
- The international flow of millioniares: Pete Wargent
- The international flow of millioniares: Pete Wargent
- Foreign student numbers and other demographic property investor trends: Pete Wargent
- Foreign student numbers and other demographic property investor trends: Pete Wargent
- Sydney boom accelerates: Pete Wargent
- Sydney boom accelerates: Pete Wargent
- RBA submits on home ownership: Pete Wargent
- RBA submits on home ownership: Pete Wargent
- Construction activity declines in the regions: Pete Wargent
- Construction activity declines in the regions: Pete Wargent
- NAB business survey - an upside surprise: Pete Wargent
- NAB business survey - an upside surprise: Pete Wargent
- Sydney property investors running riot: Pete Wargent
- Sydney property investors running riot: Pete Wargent
- Where is renovation activity increasing? Pete Wargent
- Where is renovation activity increasing? Pete Wargent
- APRA taps on the brakes: Pete Wargent
- APRA taps on the brakes: Pete Wargent
- UK house prices pass 2007 peak: Pete Wargent
- UK house prices pass 2007 peak: Pete Wargent
- No surprise from the RBA: Pete Wargent
- No surprise from the RBA: Pete Wargent
- Watch the dollar driven demographic dispositions: Pete Wargent
- Watch the dollar driven demographic dispositions: Pete Wargent
June 2015
- Housing bloodbath predictions in oversupply: Pete Wargent
- Chinese investment rotates to real estate: Pete Wargent
- Chinese investment rotates to real estate: Pete Wargent
- RBA suggests squeezed land supply could spike prices: Pete Wargent
- Residential construction boom to continue: Pete Wargent
- Residential construction boom to continue: Pete Wargent
- Boomerang departures drive population growth rebound: Pete Wargent
- Boomerang departures drive population growth rebound: Pete Wargent
May 2015
- Major renovations work continues to flatline: Pete Wargent
- Major renovations work continues to flatline: Pete Wargent
- Blowing bubbles (again): Pete Wargent
- Blowing bubbles (again): Pete Wargent
- Sydney still heading to $1 million median and 3% rental yields despite macro prudential: Pete Wargent
- Adelaide investor revival may be short-lived: Pete Wargent
- Adelaide investor revival may be short-lived: Pete Wargent
- What's really happening with foreign buyers and property? Pete Wargent
April 2015
- NAB survey debunks first home buyer strike: Pete Wargent
- There's a biting undersupply of land being made available for development: Pete Wargent
- Asian capital is impacting our property markets (and here's how): Pete Wargent
- Sydney's housing shortage is about a mismatch of supply: Pete Wargent
- Four reasons negative gearing won't be squashed: Pete Wargent
March 2015
- Sydney apartment construction hubs need close monitoring by investors: Pete Wargent
- Sydney apartment construction hubs need close monitoring by investors: Pete Wargent
- Employment rebalances to capital cities and services: Pete Wargent
- Big Australia to give way to Huge Australia: Pete Wargent
- Major renovations contributed absolutely zip to GDP: Pete Wargent
- Will interest rates fall again on Tuesday? Pete Wargent
February 2015
- Risk v return: Is investing in a single industry towns a good idea? Pete Wargent
- Sydney land prices booming (but supply is atrocious): Pete Wargent
- Capital city land prices keep on soaring: Pete Wargent
- Sydney investor activity turning parabolic - how long will the boom times run?
- Seven reasons why the Sydney inner ring market may continue to fire: Pete Wargent
- Interest rates to fall again - and investors set to dominate: Pete Wargent
January 2015
- Mining construction in sharp decline: What does it mean for our regional property markets?
- Building approvals hit record high: We need to talk about Melbourne
- How Australian households will look in 2015
- How Australian households will look in 2015
- How assets performed in 2014 and what to expect this year
December 2014
November 2014
- Latest construction data sets alarm bells ringing
- Chinese funds seeking a home: The three macro trends that could impact Australian investors
- Employment gap between capital cities and regions becoming a gulf
- Soaring Australian land values put paid to property bubble theories
- Migration away from Sydney falls to record low
October 2014
- Four major housing market trends for this decade
- Australia's macro markets: the numbers you should know
- Australia's macro markets: the numbers you should know
- Sydney's property market reaches new heights
- Sydney's property market reaches new heights
- First home buyer figures are still understated
- First home buyer figures are still understated
- An ordinary August as retail trade fails to reach expectations
- An ordinary August as retail trade fails to reach expectations
- Reserve Bank muses on housing stress
- Reserve Bank muses on housing stress
- Has the market mispriced the odds of a rate cut?
- Has the market mispriced the odds of a rate cut?
September 2014
- Are household disposable incomes really increasing at 4.7%?
- Are household disposable incomes really increasing at 4.7%?
- Is it development costs or land prices causing dwelling prices to rise?
- What does the 'unbelievable' boost in employment mean for the property market?
- The rise and rise of Asian property buyers
- Which property types and locations are overperforming?
August 2014
- What we can learn from the UK property 'bubble'
- Structural shift towards capital city employment accelerates
- Major cities becoming "self sustaining job magnets" as national population growth eases
- Is it "insane" to invest in mining towns now? Well, it was never a good idea in the first place
- Five golfing analogies for investors
July 2014
- Rental growth easing but house prices are rising practically everywhere
- Why residential construction is so important to the Australian economy
- Western Australia: A state in transition
- Lucky 888 Visas take-off and is the housing construction boom still on track?
- The financial year in review: Home values up, interest rates on hold for a while yet
June 2014
- Property or shares - which is a better investment?
- How my Aussie property price predictions for 2014 are tracking
- Sydney supply problems, investor finance through the roof and "ferry good" Neutral Bay
- Investor loans shatter all-time record highs, RBA changes stance on first home buyers
- The demographics of dual income couples
May 2014
- The property market dynamics influencing affordability
- Australia's population hits new high, but where is the growth occurring?
- City centre v outer suburbs: Which will provide greater capital growth?
- Infrastructure budget delivers for Western Sydney
- If negative gearing is quarantined cities like Sydney will be facing chronic undersupply
- Has immigration into Australia peaked?
- Interest rates are more important than they have ever been
- Dwelling prices rise further in April
April 2014
- Is the Sydney vacancy rate really verging on "crisis levels"?
- What's going on in Sydney's property market?
- Here comes Australia's (apartment) construction boom
- Investment mortgages crunch all-time record high
- SQM Research's Sydney price rise predictions have been vindicated
- My basic investment philosophy
March 2014
- Is March the biggest month in Australian property history?
- Six places to invest money and four rules for doing so
- Long-term population growth forecast makes Australia a sensible investment
- Sydney - the housing supply response
- Retail figures jump and the wealth effect
- Latest RBA stats show that the property market is in good shape
- The property crash prediction S-curve (TM): What it can really tell us
February 2014
- Six weekend things to consider about investment advice
- Are property markets self-correcting?
- Should we really believe Harry Dent on Australia's public and private debt?
- If you are buying with a long-term horizon in mind, there is little to fear
- The three reasons why first home buyer numbers will be strong enough in 2014
- The three reasons why first home buyer numbers will be strong enough in 2014
- Low interest rates are working as economy clicks into gear
- First time buyers rebound into market with home loan surge
- First time buyers rebound into market with home loan surge
- Three reasons why the RBA can't overlook signs of higher inflation
January 2014
December 2013
- 2014 drawing to a close: What is happening in Sydney's housing markets?
- Sydney is heading into a giant and unprecedented investor-led property boom
- Australian housing finance to the moon (record investor activity)
- Low interest rates fueling Sydney market, but elsewhere less so
- No interest rate hikes for some time yet
- Some positive signs for the economy, but residential construction is going nowhere
November 2013
- The good (and the not-so-good) investments since the GFC
- Sydney's apartment construction boom: What does it mean for investors?
- It's going to be a low interest rates 2014, but will the RBA cut rates further?
- The bid-rent theory: What can it tell us about the future of housing in Australia?
- Crystal ball gazing: Property market predictions for 2014
- How wages are affecting the property market
- Lifting planning restrictions is not a simple cure-all for rising housing prices
- How to fix Australia's affordable housing problem
- Glass half full or half empty? The latest property news is all about perspective
October 2013
- Negative gearing: what practical effect does it have and should it be changed?
- Slowly but surely low interest rates are starting to work
- Sydney is firing but other markets are experiencing a 'slow melt'
- Handsome looking trend emerging in residential land sale: Pete Wargent
- Is now a good time to be buying property? Pete Wargent
- What's behind the Chinese buyer phenomenon? Pete Wargent
- Aussie property recovery appears to be a Sydney-only affair: Pete Wargent
- Is Melbourne's property market finally running out of steam? Pete Wargent
- The impact of higher interest rates: Pete Wargent
- Interest rate cuts - that's all there is folks: Pete Wargent
- Sydney looks set to blow off as prices hit record highs: Pete Wargent
September 2013
- Adelaide market still failing to launch: Pete Wargent
- Beware of Sydney unit oversupply in some sectors: Pete Wargent
- Has the RBA's plan to stimulate dwelling construction "failed"? Pete Wargent
- Are we on the cusp of a low interest rates era? Pete Wargent
- What's happening to Melbourne dwelling prices? Pete Wargent
- How are the states' changing population and labour markets impacting property? Pete Wargent
- Are low interest rates working? Pete Wargent
- Australia's miracle economy, a quick update on how we're tracking: Pete Wargent
- The housing bust that never was: Pete Wargent
- Be very, very careful when investing in remote mining town hotspots: Pete Wargent
- Promised Sydney housing correction up in smoke as market remains hot: Pete Wargent
- Sydney all-clear for "bull traps", but Adelaide investors should be wary: Pete Wargent
- The shifting sands of the global real estate market: Pete Wargent
- Four reasons why the RBA may have an easing bias: Pete Wargent
- The Sydney property boom has some way to run yet: Pete Wargent
August 2013
- The market psychology behind the Sydney property boom: Pete Wargent
- Will the RBA keep interest rates on hold? Pete Wargent
- Tale of two property markets, the positive and negative media narratives: Pete Wargent
- The Adelaide property market is stagnating while other capitals flourish: Pete Wargent
- Silly auction prices not good news for anyone other than Sydney vendors: Pete Wargent
- Sydney's residential market is hot - glowing red hot or white hot: Pete Wargent
- Average investors are notoriously poor at timing property market cycles: Pete Wargent
July 2013
- ABS building activity data revisions point to positive signs for the economy: Pete Wargent
- Sydney renters swimming against the raging torrent of speculative investment capital: Pete Wargent
- Those who called a property crash got it hopelessly wrong: Pete Wargent
- Economics has suffered from one glaring shortcoming, its assumption that we act rationally: Pete Wargent
- Some parts of the country looks set for a long, slow decline, but not Sydney: Pete Wargent
- The old phrase “property goes up 10% per annum” is a myth: Pete Wargent
- The most surprising thing about a recession is that we are still surprised when they arrive: Pete Wargent
- Australian housing bubble and burst a no show: Pete Wargent
- The middle market will hold up best during the next Australian property downturn: Pete Wargent
- Sydney auction scene still running hot: Pete Wargent
June 2013
- No Australian property bubble yet but it's on the cards: Pete Wargent
- Strong labour force data should delay RBA rate cut: Pete Wargent
- Will real estate be the strongest asset class over the next five years? Pete Wargent
- The numbers don't stack up for property investment in remote locations: Pete Wargent
May 2013
April 2013
- Metropolitan vs country house investment risks: Pete Wargent
- Deciphering the RBA mindset as it paves the way for steadier dwelling price growth in 2013: Pete Wargent
- The three investment property risks in the challenging days ahead for some mining towns
- It's not a given that booms are followed by busts
- Strong housing finance data and Sydney auctions performance shows market recovery is continuing
March 2013
February 2013
- Aussie housing is expensive. It's worth it: Pete Wargent
- Markets rule out March rate cut, but RBA decision not cut and dried
- It seems unlikely that capital city house prices will crash: Pete Wargent
- March RBA cash rate cut is a coin flip: Pete Wargent
- Mining towns, for all their capital gains, are not worth the risk
January 2013
- Sydney's middle property market continues to power along: Pete Wargent
- The 10 risks to be managed by Aussie property investors
- There is no such thing as free lunch, so beware of property investment incentives
- Money markets increasingly expect maybe only one more RBA cash rate cut by year-end
- What Australia's GDP growth in 2013 will mean for property investors