Does this leave the Big Four exposed to just one incredibly important asset class? Well at least two of the Big Four might lose some sleep over it at night. Commonwealth Bank has 65% of its loan book tied up in household mortgages, according to Eric Johnston in the Age.
April 12th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 85 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Australian house prices"
Total Meltdown of the Aussie Housing Market
Next Wednesday will see the release of the national accounts for June. Those figures will probably show the economy being less bad than previously expected. That might lead to the end of the “emergency setting” of the RBA cash rate at 3%, which will precipitate the decline and fall…
August 28th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 93 comments | Continued
American House Prices Continue to Fall While the Same Can’t Be Said About Australian House Prices
You wonder why anyone is building houses in America at all. Unlike Australia, there is a huge surplus of housing inventory in the States. America over-built its housing stock to epic bubble levels during the boom.
May 20th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 14 comments | Continued
House Prices Down and Aussie Market Enters Second Wave of Rebound Rally
If you were drawing up a plan for your dream economic recovery, this is how you would draw it up. The weakness emerging in the Australian housing sector (the fastest decline in prices in six years) would be made up for by resurgent Chinese demand for Aussie resources, led by the first growth in China’s manufacturing sector in nine months.
May 5th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 6 comments | Continued
