The median price increase in the Victorian housing market

According to the December quarterly report of the Victorian Real Estate Institute, the median house price in Victoria has the largest increase since 2000. The median house price in Melbourne’s metropolis exceeded A$900,000 for the first time, an increase of 9.5% from the September quarter to A$941,000. The family seized the opportunity to upgrade their…

Loan approval standards may be tightened

If record low interest rates lead to skyrocketing housing prices, leaving new buyers in a state of negative equity, or risking excessive debt, RBA and APRA are also prepared to tighten loan standards. According to documents obtained by The Times and the Sydney Morning Herald under the Freedom of Information Communication Act, as early as…

RBA cash rate cut

The latest analysis by financial services company Canstar shows that personal credit card interest rates will only be lowered 15 times in 2020, and the average credit card interest rate will only drop slightly by 0.03%. Although RBA’s official cash rate has fallen from 0.75% to a record low of 0.1% in the past year.…

Open completely or wait another 6 months

The closure of state borders within Australia will continue for at least six months to control COVID-19, after which vaccines are distributed across the country to provide sufficient herd immunity and weaken public health response measures. In spite of the continuing frustration and uncertainty it has brought to businesses and travelers, the federal government has…

The golden time to buy a house

According to a new survey, two-thirds of Australians believe that now is a good time to buy a house, the highest level since mid-2019. The investigation found that many people quickly got rid of the gloom of the real estate market and were more confident in buying real estate than before the epidemic. This monthly…

The tax cut policy has achieved outstanding results

On January 13th, Australian Finance Minister Josh Frydenberg said that about 1.3 million Australians lost their jobs during the epidemic. In order to promote economic recovery, the Morrison government introduced a tax cut of 7 billion Australian dollars in the second half of 2020. Since July, the average tax cut for each person has exceeded…