Sydney’s residential property market – has spring already sprung or is this a false dawn?
August 26th, 2009It is appropriate to reflect on the turbulent trends since the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers in an attempt to predict the likely trends in the Sydney property market leading up to the 2009 spring / summer selling seasons. The four key e
Read MoreCapital gains tax on family homes over $2 million??
August 20th, 2009‘The Australian’ has just reported that the Australian Government had asked Treasury to model capital gains tax scenarios on family homes valued over $2 million. As this is political dynamite, the Federal Treasurer unsurprisingly released this st
Read MoreFarewell fiscal 2009. The view from the coalface
July 1st, 2009
For a change, some of the market commentators such as RP Data/Rismark International are getting it right when reporting a jump in Sydney house property prices over the past few months. According to RP Data, there has been a 5.1% growth in Sydney
Read MoreReal estate derivative contracts
May 22nd, 2009After years of development, the launch of a new residential property derivatives market based on the RP Data – Rismark Indices is imminent.The ASX’s listed property investment contracts will allow investors to hedge their risk and invest on p
Read MoreThe autumn 2009 Sydney property market. Crisis? What crisis? Don’t believe everything you hear and read
May 15th, 2009
We deferred this edition of CurtiseCall until after the 12 May 2009 Federal budget which announced the largest deficit in Australian history - $57.6 billion with net bebt forecast to peak at 13.8% of GDP in 2013 – 2014. The fiscal stimulus part
Read More38 Victoria Street, Potts Point. Sold. At last!
April 20th, 2009Our regular readers might be interested to know that the 38 Victoria Street, Potts Point property we have been tracking since October 2008 just sold for $3.1 million – a far cry from the $3.95 million price tag the Grantham bound vendor advertised
Read MoreBuyer confidence returning to Sydney’s prestige property market
March 27th, 2009Coinciding with tentative good news coming from the US, some big money has changed hands since mid March 2009. Examples include $14 million for 8A Ginahgullah Road, Bellevue Hill; between $11.5 and 12 million for 22 Rosemount Avenue, Woollahra; $6.5
Read MoreSydney’s top end property market. A case of yes, no and maybe
March 16th, 2009
When our 6th February 2009 CurtiseCall described Sydney’s February 2009/ March 2009 prestige property market as a “vendors’ bluff”, we were not wrong. The Sydney prestige property buyers’ market ($1.5 million +) was publicly proclaimed
Read MoreVendors’ bluff. Sydney’s prestige property prices set to fall while danger looms at the other end of the Sydney property market
February 6th, 2009If the massive number of prestige residential properties hitting the Sydney property market since the end of the school holidays around 29 January 2009 is any guide, CurtiseCall may have been correct when suggesting in “Good riddance 2008. Market w
Read MoreGood riddance 2008. Market wrap and 2009 Sydney property market predictions
December 23rd, 20082008 WrapThe only thing that can be said with confidence about the Sydney property market since the October 2008 CurtiseCall is that there is no confidence.Hardly surprising given this context:nearly every developed economy including Jap
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