The 2017 Budget and the Sydney property market
May 16th, 2017
Our take on the Budget:While the devil will be in the detail, there seems little on the face of this budget to cool the Sydney property market.But dig a little deeper and there could be indirect mechanisms with potential to increase mor
Read MoreHow mainstream media spins weekend auction clearance rates
May 3rd, 2017With Sydney’s property market precariously poised, now more than ever our systemically conflicted mainstream property media has a responsibility to be balanced and not peddle fake news.The bolded emphasis in the quotes is ours.Consider this
Read MoreA Sydney property bubble? It’s starting to feel like 1990 and 2002 to us. We know. We were there both times.
April 5th, 2017Sydney property bubble talk is getting serious and with good reason.This piece tonight from Dr Lowe pulls no punches. It's a long overdue and brave move given an increasingly febrile pre Budget environment.There will be more from us shortly o
Read More“How close is too close to a tunnel or a tunnel portal?”
March 25th, 2017Now for the last post in this series.This one relates to the Premier’s leaked announcement that a tunnel and expressway upgrade will be built to ease congestion to and from the northern beaches via the Spit and Military Road – an infrastructu
Read MoreThe next interest rate rise will be three times harder than the 1990’s
March 21st, 2017This alarming article puts an historical perspective on the risks of over gearing in today's world where real incomes are falling, underemployment is rife and now (if the latest figures are to be believed), unemployment is rising.Those of us wh
Read MoreA separate interest rate for Sydney’s heated property market? Why not?
March 5th, 2017Instead of the many rushed regurgitations of the OECD's influential Economic Survey of Australia 2017, this more considered piece by the AFR's Jacob Greber is worth reading.What's lacking in all of it however is (a) an emphasis on the Sydney and
Read MoreYes, building inspectors can be liable if they get it wrong
March 1st, 2017Building inspectors shouldn't be relying on a raft of exclusion clauses to escape liability for a shoddy building report.A tragic case, this recent decision has big implications for property buyers especially if it is upheld on any appeal.Int
Read MoreShould you buy an inner city car space or a property with one?
February 21st, 2017Depends where you are and on your view of cars, driverless, shared and otherwise in the near and longer term.In typical mainstream media fashion, with some exceptions, this article fails to mention that the price paid last Monday night was $20,00
Read More“Buyer Interest is around $x”…
February 12th, 2017
"Buyer interest is around $x"... a trap for unrepresented property buyers:If you are a Sydney property buyer looking for a "price guide", beware of the agent's response that "buyer interest is around $x."Although they sound the same and
Read MoreInner West Property Market
February 10th, 2017The Inner West property market may already have come off the boil.In a very interesting micro litmus test last night, the renovated, freestanding terrace at 26 Metropolitan Road, Enmore - one of the suburbs best streets - sold at auction for $2,0
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