May 2014 in the Sydney property market. Lies, damn lies and statistics.
June 13th, 2014
If ever there was a month in which readers of the Sydney property market commentariat were left scratching their heads, then May 2014 was it.On the one hand, the independent research house Residex said in its 22 May 2014 Property Market Updat
Read MoreSpecial Report ‘Chinese’ buyers of Australian residential property – what’s the truth?
April 30th, 2014
You have to look hard to find a media beat up like this one in recent years.Everyone it seems, from eminent journals to an independent think tank have somehow caught the same bug infecting less credible mainstream commentary of which examples are
Read MoreEarly 2014 trends in Sydney’s residential property market over $1 million – the party, if there was one, is coming to an end
March 18th, 2014
As the Sydney residential property market closed for Christmas last year, the question on many selling agents’ lips was whether or not the so called party, especially over $1 million, would continue in the New Year.When that market opened six o
Read MoreThe 2013 Sydney residential property market over $1 million – market wrap and predictions for 2014 – don’t pop the champagne just yet
December 19th, 2013Here we are again at the last CurtiseCall for another year with our custom being to road test the predictions made in the previous year before sticking our neck out with prognostications for the next.In December 2012, we first predicted that conc
Read MoreA survival guide to buying in the Spring/Summer 2013 Sydney property market over $1 million
November 22nd, 2013Apparently unable to resist the lure of the auction room despite analyses such as CurtiseCall April 2013 and in an indication that four interest rate reductions since October 2012 were beginning to work their way through the system, Sydney property b
Read MoreIs Sydney’s property market in bubble territory? Lessons from September 2007 and the unimportance of interest rates
October 8th, 2013
Driven by sustained auction clearance rates in September 2013 over 80%, property chatter this month has largely and again been about the existence or otherwise of a bubble forming in Sydney's property market.We thought we would approach the t
Read MoreThe Sydney winter property market over $1 million. Keeping the brakes on.
August 4th, 2013
With reports of 80% plus auction clearance rates for seven consecutive weeks and falling interest rates, revenue starved mainstream media has this month had a field day talking up Sydney's property market to levels not seen since the pre GFC boom
Read MoreToxic Sites. In science property buyers trust. But should they?
July 31st, 2013
Inspired by three seemingly unrelated events occurring this month in as many different regions of the Sydney property market, this special report attempts to raise levels of awareness, and nothing more, about the nature and extent of a serious bu
Read MoreHow is the Sydney residential property market over $1.5 million tracking this winter? Settling down after a flurry.
June 27th, 2013
This month our focus is on current trends in the Sydney residential property market over $1.5 million.Owing to its having higher sales volumes in that bracket than Sydney's other residential property regions, this article analyses activity i
Read MoreEaster Super Saturday, Devonshire Street, Surry Hills and the case for boycotting auctions
April 15th, 2013
If you believe the figures reported by Australian Property Monitors, some very strange animal spirit gripped Sydney property buyers during the pre Easter Super Saturday which this year occurred on 23 March 2013.Relative to the same event last
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