Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog

This week our property insider Edwin Almeida goes to town on the drivers of the current property market declines. Given the broad falls we are seeing, are real estate agents part of the problem? 0:00 State of the market3:28 Migration and education8:48 Mortgage stress and rates11:51 First home buyers and housing17:13 Economic and inflationary impact21:52 …

As we continue to track the Australian Property market the Monty Python scene in which the knight keeps loosing limbs but claims it is only a flesh wound. Indeed, those pesky property spruikers are still out their claiming it’s a great buying time. The property knight may have no limbs left but it’s fine. Hopefully …

The current Senate inquiry into Australian Post branch representation and strategy needs to hear from regional communities across the nation, who have been or who may be impacted by the prospective closure or repurposing of outlets to parcel points only. We need your help to lobby Senators to ensure they reach our to our communities …

This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the way. When I start my day, the first three things I check are the market price of diesel, the yield on the 10-year US Treasury and the status …

Over recent years I have been tracking the status of households and their levels of mortgage stress, and regular followers will know I have been highlighting in particular the pressures on the suburban fringe areas of our major cities, especially the outer-suburban post codes across Sydney and Melbourne where many are feeling the brunt of …