Category: Articles
Heads up counter cyclical Sydney property buyers. Last Saturday’s auction clearance figures expose buying opportunities in a two tier market
June 7th, 2017
Regular readers will know we are generally not a fan of Sydney auction clearance rates published by Domain and other research houses.For years, our main concern has been the ease with which such voluntary reporting systems can be manipulated
Read MoreJust sail away Captain John McGrath
June 2nd, 2017Captain, my captain.Coming from the Captain who sold out at the peak of the market and whose:IPO was one of the biggest bourse flops in living memory causing multi million dollar shareholder losses (down in 18 months from $2.10 to 57c) b
Read MoreSydney development sites. More history repeating?
May 31st, 2017We first mentioned these pressures in this passage of our 2016 Q1 CurtiseCall:"For the many developers who have paid premium prices for sites and need to sell at premium prices, there could be serious consequences of any reduction in demand
Read MoreThe 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
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