The rental market is fairly uncomplicated, but business journalists are commonly thinking of reasons as to why rents go up or down. This is only one reason: the number of vacant rental properties.
Property market
When herds collide on the yellow brick road
2010 is shaping as the year that the bulls and bears of the world’s last unpopped asset market bubble — Australia’s property market — will collide head on, writes Steve Keen.
Foreign buyers blow out the housing bubble
The causes of Australia’s ever-inflating housing bubble are many but one hasn’t received a lot of attention: the influence of overseas buyers since the government relaxed its foreign property investment rules.
The ins and outs of underquoting
With residential property real estate bubble appearing to rapidly re-inflate, the focus has once again shifted to allegations of under-quoting.
Political snippets: A+ for real estate
Richard Farmer explores how school league tables are affecting property values in the US. How is your local primary school going to affect your housing price? Also, tell us Australia’s best specialist journalists.
Crikey cage match: the truth about house prices
The crystal ball gazing over house prices continues to twist and turn with two veterans of the genre going head-to-head. House prices will fall, argues Adam Schwab. Are you kidding me? counters Rismark’s Christopher Joye.
Another nail in the property sector coffin
The Australian property sector is suffering even further today with Australand Property Group reporting multi-million dollar losses and big capital fund raising.
A tale of 32 recessions: from the US to Denmark, Ireland to Russia
Wednesday’s National Accounts figures will confirm that Australia, like most developed countries, was led into recession by the excesses of its domestic property market, writes Gavin Putland.
The opportunist’s guide to real estate
With home values are dropping all over the US, ruthless buyers are picking up bargains.
Jigging auction numbers
A Crikey study of the auction clearance rate reveals that the figures claimed by the REIV and reported by The Sunday Age are misleading, writes Adam Schwab.
Financial disasters: peeking over the horizon at what’s next
It seems that each week brings a new piece of bad news about some financial institution in serious trouble, so what’s next? By Professor Patrick De Fontenay.
