SPI’s most-read stories of 2023
Central bank speculation, investing insights promising strong growth, and government spending in the spotlight – here are the top 10 news stories that piqued your interest in 2023.
Following the central bank’s shock decision to lift the cash rate at its May meeting, one financial expert urged the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider the risk of recession.
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South Australians have been warned to stay on the alert after reports of scam tradies have surfaced.
The Australian property market has long been a challenging space for first home buyers, with skyrocketing property prices making it difficult to enter the market — but that’s not to say there aren’t opportunities to be found.
While 2023 is predicted to be another chapter in the housing market’s books characterised by price corrections, one state body is expecting a different story to unfold in the west.
The Reserve Bank’s cash rate announcements garnered lots of attention this year, but none more so than the last call of the financial year, when another lift brought the official rate to 4.10 per cent.
When the Albanese government delivered its first full-year budget since winning the 2022 election, Aussie investors were eager to see how government spending would impact the nation’s housing market.
The network CEO aired some lessons he learnt out of the global financial crisis, not only advising buyers to act but pinpointing some markets that might reward investments.
Perth’s housing market witnessed a record-breaking pace of property sales, with properties in the city selling like hotcakes in May, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.
Even with South Australia’s median house price hitting a record $600,000, there’s still plenty of upside to be found across the capital city of Adelaide.
Home to more than 2.5 million people, Greater Western Sydney is well and truly earning its status as the location of Sydney’s second CBD centrality, propped up by an influx of residents and more and more funding being injected across the region.
