State & territory economic rankings

Written on October 23, 2009 – 1:38 am | by PIA |

State of the States •    Across all the states and territories, Tasmania currently has the best performing economy in Australia. •    CommSec has assessed the performance of each state and territory economy on eight key indicators. It is clear that smaller economies have weathered the global slowdown the best, followed by the resources states of [...]

An amazing year for property in Australia

Written on October 20, 2009 – 12:53 pm | by PIA |

According to Residex, Autralia’s leading property research company. It has been an amazing year, with the Australia wide growth in house prices being positive, and more amazingly, the rate of growth being the same to the year ending 30th September 2009 as it was to the year ended 30th September 2008. The rate of growth for [...]

House prices are expected to surge by about 20% between now and 2012

Written on October 18, 2009 – 1:58 pm | by PIA |

House prices are expected to surge by about 20% between now and 2012, according to the Housing Outlook Report from 2010 to 2012 by mortgage insurer QBE Lenders’ Mortgage Insurance (QBE LMI). Driven higher by on-going shortages QBE LMI chief executive Ian Graham said “Double digit house price growth is forecast across all capital cities [...]

Property Investment Aggregators Oct 09 Report

Written on October 4, 2009 – 12:39 pm | by PIA |

Property Investment Aggregators Market Report – October 2009 Property Investment is certainly a hot topic at present & one thing is certain; there are mixed messages all over the place. Whether it is based on the economy, share market or the property market, these mixed messages are creating confusion. To be truly transparent we need [...]