RBA increases cash rate to 3.85% This week’s big news was the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to increase the cash rate from 3.6% to 3.85%. The following chart clearly shows that this cycle of interest rate rises is the most significant since the early 1990s. The RBA has got itself in a real…
RBA may pause in April This week we will catch up on the latest real estate figures, review the latest quarterly economic consumption data and compare the effect of interest rate rises between 1990 and 2023. Demand for Perth property remains strong, with REIWA reporting 1,123 sales two weeks ago and 871 sales last week.…
Interest rates increase 0.25% This week’s big (unsurprising) news was the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to raise the cash rate again by 0.25% to 3.35%. This increase makes the current cycle of nine increases the most severe since monetary policy brought inflation into the RBA’s 2-3% target range in 1991. The following chart…
Perth Christmas sales & listing results Perth weekly property sales rebounded from the typically quiet Christmas period, with sales jumping from 203 transactions to 456. This year’s Christmas period trend aligns with the previous three years, as the Perth Christmas Sales chart illustrates, and the sales volume is not remarkably lower than last year, even…
Perth market out-performs other capital cities There was no surprise when the Reserve Bank Of Australia (RBA) raised the cash rate by 0.25% to 3.1%. This is the eighth straight monthly increase and the last time the cash rate was above 3.1% was in 2012. Mortgagors with a $500,000 mortgage (close to the average WA…
Inflation hits 7.3% Interest rates increased again this week, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raising the cash rate by 0.25% on Tuesday. This rise is the first time interest rates had increased on Melbourne Cup day since 2010, when the RBA raised the cash rate to 4.75%. The cash rate is currently 2.85%,…
RBA minutes suggest more rate rises This week Perth property prices recorded a relatively small decline after two previous weeks of positive growth. The 0.18% price fall has resulted in Perth prices increasing by 3.57% for the year, and although price growth has fallen from its peak of 4.23% in early August, the trend illustrated…
Weekly review of Perth property market Perth prices bucked the recent downward trend this week, posting a 0.9% increase, and the following chart illustrates that this is the first price increase in two months. However, the RBA increased interest rates again this week. The more conservative 0.25% increase in the cash rate (the…
Rental listings down 30% since May Property prices declined on average by 0.27% this week. Unfortunately, after prices held firm in the face of rising interest rates for an extended period, Perth has not recorded a weekly price increase for nearly two months. The following chart illustrates that downward pressure on prices is starting to…
WA new building approvals decline sharply There was very little change again this week for Perth’s real estate sales and listings. Sales increased marginally, recording 944 transactions, while listings fell marginally with 8,406 properties for sale. These figures have remained remarkedly consistent even though two significant events occurred, the opening of the WA borders back…