Category: Articles
No sale next door to ‘Boomerang’ at Elizabeth Bay
September 18th, 2009In one of the first real tests of Sydney’s spring 2009 prestige residential property market, a crowd of onlookers last night was not enough to tease out any more than an $8 million bid for the Warren Anderson owned block of four apartments at 1 –
Read MoreSydney’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
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