Housing
Housing is one of the most important things in people’s lives, whether they own the dwelling in which they live, or rent it – and if they own other property as an investment. And as we saw in the lead-up to, and during, the global financial crisis, what happens in housing markets can be enormously important to the stability of the financial system, and to the health or otherwise of the economy.
How much of a Threat is a ‘Housing Bust’ to the Australian economy and financial system
Housing, Publications | 12th March 2018Saul Eslake | FIIG’s The Wire | 12th March 2018 Article published in FIIG’s The Wire blog on 12th March 2018.
More on the taxation treatment of property investment
Housing, Publications, Taxation | 1st February 2018Saul Eslake | Pearls and Irritations | 1st February 2018 A short article published 1st February 2018 on ‘Pearls and Irritations’, the blog curated by former Qantas CEO and Head of the Prime Minister’s Department John Menadue, prompted by the release in January of 2018 of Treasury advice to the Australian Government about the likely […]
Housing Policy
Housing, News | 26th January 2018The Strife | 25th January 2018 Podcast of an interview discussing Australian Housing Policy since the 1950s.
Housing Affordability 2030
Housing | 24th October 2017‘Mini-note’ presentation to the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) national conference in Melbourne on 24th October 2017
What would happen if there were to be a housing ‘bust’?
Housing, News | 6th June 2017Jessica Haynes | ABC News | 6th June 2017 I’m not forecasting a ‘housing bust’, but in this interview with Jessica Haynes of ABC Online, published on 6th June 2017, I look at what might happen if there were to be one.
The 2017-18 Budget and Australian housing markets
Housing | 1st June 2017Presentation to the Future of Australian Housing conference hosted by Q Shelter, the Brisbane Development Association, and Future Housing Task Force, in Brisbane on 1st June 2017
Australian housing prices: are they sustainable?
Housing | 24th May 2017Presentation to a teleconference hosted by View from the Peak, an independent investment research provider based in Hong Kong, on 24th May 2017
Housing in the 2017-18 Budget – a missed opportunity
Housing, Publications | 19th May 2017Saul Eslake | Pearls and Irritations | 19th May 2017 As published on John Menadue’s Blog – Pearls and Irritations. John Menadue is a former head of the Departments of Immigration, Trade and Prime Minister & Cabinet, and also a former CEO of Qantas.
