Sydney’s correcting property market: first home buyers and high net worth individuals could win in the long term
July 10th, 2018
Between 2012 and 2017, property values in Sydney rose a staggering 74 percent.Now that we have come to the end of that five-year cycle, the party is definitely over. Sydney property prices have fallen, with economists predicting more drops to
Read MoreSpecial Report: Sydney’s tunnels, stacks, electric vehicles and driverless cars – considerations for property buyers
August 10th, 2017
While a lot happened in Sydney’s property market during Q2 2017, nothing had greater ramifications for so many suburbs than fresh controversies which erupted over toll roads as the entire future of the car is in question.This is our special
Read MoreThe Sydney property market in 2017 Q 1 compared to 1990 and 2002 – “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
April 30th, 2017
Buried under the avalanche of words written in 2017 Q1 about a bubble having or having not formed in Sydney’s property market, four distinct trends emerged which together, may have far reaching implications. Our day to day experiences at sever
Read MoreSydney’s property market Q2 2016 – All this uncertainty deals buyers the winning hand
August 4th, 2016
Although not widely appreciated, the June 2016 quarter was one of the most uncertain three months for property investment in Sydney since the global financial crisis which began in September 2008.The winds came from every
Read MoreWhere’s the Sydney property market heading? The clues may lie in the last six months
April 14th, 2016
Quick Links to easily navigate this edition:The Property Cycle Interest rates and lending criteria Is Sydney’s residential property market at risk of being oversupplied? What about all the ‘Chinese’ buyers? The Baird NSW Sta
Read MoreSydney’s property market and the need for greater data transparency
August 4th, 2015
In this, the last edition of CurtiseCall before the launch of the new Curtis Associates website, we reproduce below our Submission to the Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into Home Ownership. That submission will be supplemented by evidenc
Read MoreSydney property 2014. End of year market wrap – we told you so and a property buyers’ survival guide for 2015
December 12th, 2014
Between this and our last CurtiseCall, Sydney’s property market has been around the world and back again. And that’s without taking into account the emerging debacle otherwise known as ‘Canberra’.One minute: (more…)
Read MoreSydney’s October 2014 property market – emerging trends and a reminder that things move in cycles
October 31st, 2014
With the onset of warm weather, the latest noise from the property commentariat has been deafening.This month the obsessions were less with foreign buyers edging out local first home buyers and more with old chestnuts like negative gearing; p
Read MoreSydney property all froth and bubble – we just don’t buy it.
September 19th, 2014
If confirmation of mainstream media's interest in turbo charging Sydney's residential property market were needed, property buyers needed to look no further in the past six weeks than the most recent front pages of the Murdoch owned community newspap
Read MoreGovernment – a key player in Sydney’s property market
July 31st, 2014
The results for the financial year ended 30 June 2014 are in with all major research houses expressing a conclusion similar to Residex that the Sydney property market during that year achieved a “staggering 15.37% growth rate in the housing market
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