If you are curious about the differences in methodology between myself and the usual auction data providers, there is an explanation down the page. After last week’s strong performance from the Sydney auction results, it’s strongest since June 2023, it appeared increasingly likely that the Sydney market was set for a boom. This week
Independent performance tables to 30 June are in, and the AFR has listed the best‑performing large super funds. Our flagship MB Growth fund finished near the very top with a 12.1 % return for FY‑25¹. We’re proud of the outcome, but prouder still of how we achieved it. What made the difference? Driver Our positioning Why it
When the latest Q4 2024 net overseas migration figures were released by the ABS in June, they revealed that annual rolling net migration had fallen to 340,800. While this represented a significant reduction from the peak of 555,800 recorded in Q3 2023, it remained significantly higher than the 250,000 initially forecast by the federal Treasury.
International Reading: Student-loan borrowers are at high risk if Trump dismantles the Department of Education, 11 organizations told Elizabeth Warren – Business Insider Texas ranks as No. 1 state with the most people in financial distress – Dallas Culture Map The number of first-time homebuyers is plummeting. Why that’s bad news for the US economy.
Most share markets in Asia are lifting going into the final trading session of the week although Japanese bourses are cautious given the domestic election this weekend and the concern over inflation after today’s June print. Meanwhile speculation is rising that the Fed will cut rates at the next FOMC meeting with currency markets selling
The economy must suffer, and workers in particular, because the Reserve Bank of Australia will not, under any circumstances, mention immigration. And so, it carries on like a pork chop about the risk of rising wages; when it is not fighting 620k unemployed, it is fighting 50 million unemployed in India, or 350% unemployment. There
In June, Australian property values reached a record high, as illustrated by PropTrack below. The Westpac Consumer Sentiment Index, released this week, confirmed that Australians had turned hyper-bullish on property prices, expecting large increases in the coming months. As illustrated below by AMP chief economist Shane Oliver, consumer expectations for house price growth have hit a
I have noted the pivot at Crikey to Wokey over the past few years. Gone are hard-hitting critiques based upon a push for political and national interest transparency. In their place now is a conga line of whingers seeking to cancel anybody who upsets a snowflake. This is its choice, and reducing its coverage to
Australia is experiencing a generational housing shortage, exacerbated by historically high immigration-driven population growth and a sluggish housing supply. A meeting of the national cabinet in August 2023 agreed on a National Housing Accord, which aims to build 1.2 million new homes between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2029. This 1.2 million target requires
Net overseas migration into New Zealand has collapsed to a 2½-year low and is tracking around half the historical average. The slump in immigration has worked wonders for housing affordability, with home prices and rents declining amid weaker demand. Real house prices in New Zealand have crashed back to pre-pandemic levels, while mortgage rates have