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Panic buyers drive housing market upswing

September 7, 2025 - 10:13 -- Admin

Australia’s housing market continues to heat up. August’s national monthly average final auction clearance rate lifted to 69%, which was the strongest result since February 2024. This weekend’s preliminary auction results from Cotality continued the run of strong results, with 75.0% of auctions selling nationally based on early figures. This marked the fourth straight week

The March Against Endless Immigration and Housing Pain

September 6, 2025 - 10:00 -- Admin

By Stephen Saunders The March for Australia demonstrates the necessity of pushing back the “you’re a racist” slur habitually deployed by the all-powerful minority—our mega-migration lobby.  It was like Goliath encountering a David with no slingshot. Yet the governing Big Australia minority went ballistic over the March for Australia (MfA). From 2021-22, the border reopening

House prices “spring loaded” to boom

September 6, 2025 - 00:10 -- Admin

Westpac has released its monthly Housing Pulse, which reports a “discernible shift in Australia’s housing market”, with buyers “perking up”, price growth lifting, auction clearance rates rising, and supply tightening. Westpac notes that “housing-related sentiment has turned”, with the ‘time to buy a dwelling’ index surging another 10% in August, buoyed by RBA rate cuts.

Weekend reading and MB media releases

September 6, 2025 - 00:02 -- Admin

International Reading: Left and right are joining forces to ban lawmakers from trading stock – Yahoo America’s richest generation is only getting richer – Fortune If Trump loses his tariff lawsuit, America may have to refund businesses more than US$200 billion – CTV News Trump’s immigration policies could lead to first ever population decline – News

Macro Afternoon

September 5, 2025 - 16:30 -- Admin

Asian share markets are higher across the board as traders start to anticipate tonight’s US jobs print with continued speculation that the Fed is likely going to pull a put regardless of tonight’s NFP result. Meanwhile bond markets are trying to recover with many long dated yields across the UK, Japan and USA backing off

Gold in them thar politics

September 5, 2025 - 14:00 -- Admin

Goldman says buy gold. Since the spring, markets have started to transition from tariff uncertainty into tariff reality, which has helped stabilize economic activity indicators and reduced consensus (and our own) probability of a US recession (though it remains above the historical average). However, we believe important risks remain that reinforce the diversification benefits of

Get ready for another Sydney house prices boom

September 5, 2025 - 13:00 -- Admin

Cotality’s final auction clearance rates for August suggest that Sydney, in particular, is headed for another price boom. Sydney’s final auction clearance rate averaged 72% in August, which was the city’s strongest result since February 2024 (73%). Sydney’s final auction clearance rate in August was also the strongest in the nation, easily beating Melbourne’s (68%)

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