Category Archives: Canberra

ACT economic snapshot

The Propell report on the ACT economy has been updated and is available from the link below. 132 ACT Economic Snapshot April 2012

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Australian house prices up in February says rpdata

National residential prices were up +0.8% in February according to rpdata-rismark, after a fall of -1.0% in January, but remain 4.4% down on this time last year. Changes in each capital city were: Sydney +0.8% mom, median price $472,750 Melbourne … Continue reading

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RpData-Rismark residential price figures need caution

The RpData-Rismark median house price figures for December have been issued today, but we are hesitant to accept them at face value. Firstly, they have revised the November figures, and significantly so. Perth, for example, was reported last month as … Continue reading

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Best spots to invest in residential property

In an article in Smart Property Investment, Canberra was picked as the best spot to buy, along with north shore suburbs in Sydney, spots in Victoria, Adelaide, Perth and regional towns. The presence of Canberra at the top of the … Continue reading

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Canberra residential faces lean year

We’ve previously flagged that Canberra residential prices have been weakening and likely to remain so in 2012, in the face of public sector cuts, but this was reinforced in an article in todays Financial Review “Flat times forecast for Canberra”. … Continue reading

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Australian Office Markets

Attached is the commentary on the Australian office markets that we’ve just released, based on the PCA office market figures. Sydney CBD vacancy rate increases while other markets enjoy large scale take up of space. 85 Australia main office markets … Continue reading

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Residential markets: RPData-Rismark report

In the RPData-Rismark report released 29 July and attached, residential values are still falling, but the rate of decline is slowing, with prices, nationally, flat over the past months, though they report this as a slight fall in seasonally adjusted … Continue reading

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More on BIS-Shrapnel forecasts

BIS-Shrapnel are certainly getting plenty of mileage out of their current residential forecasts. This article appeared in todays SMH at http://smh.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/interest-rate-rises-loom-but-home-prices-wont-crash-20110627-1gmw0.html “Property prices won’t experience huge losses over the next three years but interest rates will rise to almost 9.5 per … Continue reading

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SQM says house prices falling

In an article in today’s News web site is a report on house prices by David Koch, based on data from SQM Research, who are currently in the “bear” camp on the outlook for house prices. They report falls in … Continue reading

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ACT economic overview

After two years of low economic growth, the ACT rebounded in the year to December 2010, reporting growth of 5.3%, outperforming the Australian national figure of 2.7%. However, ACT growth for the quarter (4Q10) was 1.5%, a slowdown from 1.7% … Continue reading

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