Special 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 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
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 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 MoreA helicopter view of the Winter 2012 Sydney property market for hibernating buyers
July 31st, 2012
Media reports of rising clearance rates disguised the fact that relative to the same month last year, turnover in Sydney’s property market plummeted this month. As a comparison between statistics compiled by Australian Property Monitors for each of
Read MoreHave Sydney property prices doubled in the past seven to 10 years?
September 30th, 2011
It is often said in property circles that house prices in Australia double every seven to 10 years. Prompted in part by the fact that September 2011 marks the seventh anniversary of a relatively sharp downward correction in Sydney housing prices
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