TIP: FHBs flocking to new builds, some hope for apartments, calls for tax cut escalation
There's a lot of excitement about first home buyers today It used to be we'd only camp out for tickets if there was a guitar, an inflated...
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How confident are you with spending your hard-earned cash right now? How secure does your job feel? When was the last time you had a pay rise? Is your business firing, or floundering?
If the sum of the countless factors impacting our economy wasn’t complicated, we wouldn’t need economists. But when you break that down to what impacts on you and whether you have money to spend – or not – it starts to get very simple. And that’s where we come in.
The Wallet is a regular blog exploring the economic, political and social influences on consumer confidence in Australia. Are we spending or saving, and why? And what does this mean for businesses relying on Australians splashing the cash, and governments looking for businesses to have confidence to invest?
Distilling daily reporting in Australian media into a hip-pocket-sized summary, The Wallet is your up-to-date diary of what’s causing Australians to spend or save right now, and into the future.
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TIP: busiest SYD auction weekend yet, all eyes on RBA Tuesday, Ralan chickens coming home to roost
Only the devil knows and only god forgives Real estate agents are still complaining about lack of stock to sell as Sydney saw another...
TIP: auction rates wobble, immediate return to boom times unlikely, construction jobs on the skids
Auction clearance rates hit the plateau as recovery reaches its limit So says CoreLogic, which saw preliminary national auction clearance...
TIP: New homes sales up but approvals down, incomes worth less, Opal owners sue NSW
Welcome to Today In Property, where we celebrate good news when we find it. The HIA New Home Sales report released earlier this week...
TIP: Pundits tipping now is best time to sell, deeper downturn possible, building reforms not enough
Weekend clearance rates beat 2018 results Sydney auctions hit a 73 per cent preliminary clearance rate over the weekend, compared to 49...
Today in property: approvals up despite talking down, Harry goes to Melbourne, Bill's budget reply
More calls of “dead cat bounce” in commentary around this week’s building approval numbers will put a dampener on whatever positivity can...
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