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.
Bursting the Housing Bubble
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, The Australian Economy | 3rd August 2021Podcast of a discussion with Janet Ge, Associate Professor in the School of Built Environment at University of Technology, Sydney and Matt Grudnoff of the Australia Institute, a think tank, hosted by Toby Hemmings of Think: Business Futures, focussing on the consequences of and reasons for the continued escalation of Australian residential property prices.
‘Pop goes the rental’
Economic Policies, Housing, Publications | 26th July 2021Column published in The Saturday Paper on 24th July examining the reasons behind, and consequences of, Australia’s seemingly unstoppable housing price escalator (the headline was chosen by the editor)
Mortgage stress: 230,000 Aussie households ‘risk losing their homes’
Housing | 28th May 2021Saul talks to news.com.au’s Finance Editor Sarah Sharples about mortgage stress, interest rates and housing policies
Economic Recovery, Community Services and Covid-19
Housing, The Australian Economy | 21st May 2020Presentation to a ‘webinar’ hosted by Q Shelter, 21st May 2020
Housing demand and supply in Tasmania
Housing, Tasmania | 6th September 2018Introductory remarks at an ‘Affordable Housing Roundtable’ hosted by National Shelter and Shelter Tasmania in Hobart on 6th September 2018
Housing as Economic Infrastructure
Housing | 28th June 2018Presentation to the 2018 Affordable Housing Conference, hosted by the NSW Federation of Housing Associations, Sydney, 28th June 2018
The big picture for the Australian residential property market
Housing | 31st May 2018Presentation to the Australian Strata Community National Conference in Hobart on 31st May 2018
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.
