- The first step is making the call.
- 1300 022 482
- hello@searchpartyproperty.com.au
How To
- All
- Articles
- Bitcoin
- Crypto Currency
- First Time Fun
- First Time Property Investing
- How To
- Interviews and Property News
- Investment Strategy
- Market Update
- Motivation
- Podcast
- Problem / Solution
- Property Cracker Deals
- Property Investing
- Property Lessons
- Property Market
- Property Minute Videos
- Sydney Western Suburbs
- Top 10
- Uncategorised
- Uncategorized
- Videos
August 10, 2023
Recently, there’s been no end of provocative and alarming headlines written about the Australian economy, with words like ‘crisis’ and ‘recession’ readily thrown around.
A major driver of this concern is that Australia’s yield curve has inverted – something that hadn’t happened previously since 2008.
But what makes this a big deal?
And what is a yield curve anyway?
To break this down, we first need to understand how government bonds work and what makes them an important component of the economy.
August 10, 2023
In the previous article, we began to explain the yield curve by looking at the mechanics of bonds and bond markets – start there if you haven’t already!
In this article, we’ll tackle the yield curve, and examine what it can tell us about the likelihood of a recession.
Pulling everything together from before, we arrive at the yield curve.
August 18, 2023
The Australian housing market is an incredibly complex entity, shaped by an interplay of various factors that create distinct trends and patterns. One factor that often goes unnoticed, but plays a vital role in understanding the housing market, is the average household size.
Over the past few decades, the average number of people living in each Australian household has steadily declined from 2.9 in the mid-1980s, driven by factors such as an aging population, falling fertility and marriage rates, and higher household incomes.
August 21, 2023
Inflation: An increase in the overall price level of an economy, often measured in terms of CPI (consumer price index) via the changing cost of a ‘basket of goods’ over time. Down from a 7.8% peak earlier this year, inflation now sits at 6%. A definite improvement – but still well outside the 2-3% range that the reserve bank is tasked with maintaining.
(RBA, 2023)
Understanding the major effects of this upon the economy is simple enough. Goods and services are getting more expensive, and our purchasing power is eroding, as the ‘value’ of a dollar declines.
