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Housing in Australia has been categorised as “severely unaffordable” compared with metropolitan markets around the world, a comprehensive survey has found. Of 10 major metropolitan markets assessed in the housing affordability survey, Hong Kong had the least affordable housing for the sixth year in a row, followed by Sydney. Sydney replaced Vancouver as the second … Read more
We are at the beginning of 2016 and everybody is wondering how this year is going to be, since 2015 was full of surprises and had plenty of bad news. This year, few are willing to forecast anything beyond a market correction, yet there is little sign of positive evidence for a rebound according to … Read more
“Investing in Emerging Markets and Kenya’s Real Estate Sector “ During the “2016 Money Show Forum” that was held in Hilton Athens from January 8 to January 10th 2016 the opportunity of investing in emerging markets was presented to the Greek investment community and professionals from mr Kosta Kioleoglou . The Money Show is … Read more
THEIR house prices have crashed after once skyrocketing, but Australia’s worst performing property markets have almost nothing in common with Sydney it seems. The Harbour City property market recently became the subject of renewed attention when numerous indicators showed growth in house prices is slowing, prompting some commentators to warn of a coming crash in … Read more
Interest in real estate is creating a fallacy that the economy is growing and life is easy. The trend has now been for someone to buy a small parcel of land in the sun-scorched and dusty bush areas that ‘have potential to grow’ and wait for three or so years for the parcel to ‘appreciate’ … Read more
House prices in England and Wales rose by 0.5% in August to reach an average of £184,682, according to the latest figures from the Land Registry. Despite the month-on-month increase, the annual rate of growth slowed to 4.2% – its lowest level since November 2013. This was just under half the recent peak of 8.5% … Read more
You would think that the simultaneous crashing of all of the largest stock markets around the world would be very big news. But so far the mainstream media in the United States is treating it like it isn’t really a big deal. Over the last sixty days, we have witnessed the most significant global stock … Read more
House prices surged further in the June quarter, though growth was concentrated almost entirely in Sydney and Melbourne — which highlights the growing risks in Australia’s biggest asset class. Nationally, the house price-to-income ratio reached a new high, reflecting lower interest rates and elevated investor activity. The current scenario appears unsustainable unless income growth picks … Read more
BEIJING, CHINA – AUGUST 27: A Chinese day trader reacts as he watches a stock ticker at a local brokerage house on August 27, 2015 in Beijing, China. A dramatic sell-off in Chinese stocks caused turmoil in markets around the world, driving indexes lower and erasing trillions of dollars in value. China’s government has implemented … Read more
Housing markets are prone to the bandwagon effect, they continue rising when the fundamentals vanish, a year, maybe two years before. Stock market and commodity price volatility and declines are currently chronicled ad-nausea by the press without seeing the dramatic upswing of international property price falls. What is alarming is the pace of price declines. Even countries … Read more