The Queensland election this Saturday has the nation holding its breath. Will the Liberal/National Party government of Campbell Newman with 78 of the 89 seats in the parliament be displaced by a very angry electorate, or merely have their…
By Philip Soos and Paul D. Egan This chart pack presents the latest statistics for 2014, updating the dataset provided earlier last year. When adjusted for inflation and quality, housing prices have boomed nationwide since 1996, hitting a peak…
The new Andrews Government provides a fresh opportunity for reviewing the role of state revenues. The current property bubble has provided a windfall in Stamp Duty revenues allowing for considered reform. The hot topics the State government must address to…
The AFR today reports Brickworks Ltd calling for steep increases in Sydney land supply to assist affordability for homemakers. Developers on the outskirts of all the major Australian cities are dribbling out lots piecemeal – stifling supply, household formation and…
A transcription of the Renegade Economists interview with Catherine Cashmore, regarding the 7th Speculative Vacancies report. Read the show notes here. Subscribe to the weekly the Renegade Economists radio show, featuring Georgist insights we wish were on the mainstream media.…
Recent stress-testing of Australian banks by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority showed they would survive, though their capital would be sorely tested. This analysis did not take into account an important feedback loop: the erasure of the equity of heavily…
My partner and I are 28. We went to an open for inspection of a house we liked and thought we could afford. We turned up just before he closed. There was an older couple there in their 50-60’s. The…
Dear Matthew, this week we released our 7th Speculative Vacancies report – Empty Investment Homes Ignored, finding 46,836 empty homes in Melbourne. Read the press release. Despite your valiant efforts in bending over backwards to provide extensive land re-zoning both…
Download Catherine Cashmore’s investigation into why empty investor homes are ignored in Speculative Vacancies 7. Read past vacancy reports. Related media: Press Release – Empty Investment Homes Hurt Affordability Renegade Economists radio interview with Catherine Cashmore Speculative Vacancies event powerpoint…