Is 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 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 MoreLow interest rates send Sydney property buyers on a spending spree
May 20th, 2013
One of the more useful insights into the Sydney property market over the past month was a speech given on 23 April 2013 to the Citibank Property Conference by Luci Ellis, the Reserve Bank of Australia's Head of Financial Stability Department. Ap
Read MoreThe truth behind rising auction clearance rates in the Sydney property market – some important lessons for buyers and no wonder the State Government is crying poor!
November 29th, 2012
IntroductionApart from upbeat mainstream reports of a sustained improvement in auction clearance rates and the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision on 3 October 2012 to reduce the official cash rate by 0.25%, the rest of that month looked and f
Read MoreSydney’s property market awakes in 2012 to find the devil is in the details
February 29th, 2012
If proof were needed that buying property is a risky business, one needs look no further than the first few weeks of activity in the 2012 Sydney property market.As discussed below, the devil is in the details which in some cases paint a very diff
Read MoreThe July 2011 Sydney property market gets off to a steady start in fiscal 2012
July 31st, 2011
With a lot happening in the lead up to the imminent launch of the new Curtis Associates web site, this month’s CurtiseCall is a little shorter than usual.The Sydney property market trends discussed in CurtiseCall June 2011 continued this mo
Read MoreFinancial year end wrap and what does fiscal 2012 hold for the Sydney property market?
June 30th, 2011
You did not have to look much further than the June 2011 Sydney real estate market for continuing evidence of a two speed economy right here in our back yard.This was a month of conflicting economic data. For instance:while many Sydney r
Read MoreBargains found in the March 2011 Sydney residential property market
March 31st, 2011
The Sydney property market this month was one interrupted by a change of State Government on 26 March 2011 and influenced by the natural disasters in Queensland and Japan. In a mood reminiscent of the uncertainty induced by the GFC, other buyers
Read MoreThe February 2011 Sydney property market – “…in no rush to buy”
February 28th, 2011
Despite the re - opening of the Sydney property market this year coinciding with tragic and de-stabilizing natural disasters in Queensland, Victoria and more recently, in New Zealand, some trends are already emerging:An unprecedented volume o
Read MoreIs Sydney’s property market in bubble territory? Lessons from September 2007 and the unimportance of interest rates
October 8th, 2010Driven 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
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