The simmering five-year war of words between property analyst Louis Christopher and Real Estate Institute of Victoria boss Enzo Raimondo has flared again. The dispute centres on the reliability of home sales data and who controls their publication.
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Housing … past performance no indication of future returns
Instead of restricting supply of dwellings, it appears that in Melbourne especially, banks appear to be doing the opposite.
Housing: rate rises are reversing the gains
As for the current state of the housing market, it appears that the recent rate rises are showing real signs of reversing some of the extraordinary gains of the past 18 months.
Residential property: bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
Property is a slowly moving beast, but as Japanese and American home owners found it, is can be quite a terrifying one as well.
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.
How much is your house worth? Who knows?
For many Australians, the vast majority of their assets consist of their primary residence or investment properties, but very little is known about their true value, writes Adam Schwab.
