NSW Sydney..down turn is beginning..2018-2019 will present opportunities..

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  1. sash

    sash Well-Known Member

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    Hi All

    The Sydney down turn is just starting. Articles like these and more properties passing in are ominous signs....

    http://www.smh.com.au/business/prop...digit-house-price-growth-20150813-giyg3q.html

    What next?

    1. I believe whilst rates are low the market will be stable and maybe even come off a little bit
    2. Over a period of 2-3 years if interest rates rise...then the market will take a more pronounced fall.
    3. Will be even more pronounced if unemployment rises over 7%

    I still believe 2018-2019 will present excellent buying opportunities especially in the off the plan market. I feel that with changed lending conditions...a lot of people may not be able to settle.

    As always time will tell....
     
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  2. Chris White

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    And rents will start their upward cycle probably from next year as supply slows and as more people delay their purchases and revert back to renting. We saw this a few years ago in Sydney, and the headlines were all about "renters being squeezed".

    Not a good time to be speculating with an investment property in Sydney though, especially at a sub 4.25% yield.
     
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    CBA in part of their results announcement highlighted that personal arrears (ie credit cards and personal borrowings) were in rapid increase in WA and QLD especially over the 90 days and that this could be a sign of things to come if unemployment continues to rise in the states.
     
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    Yes, Sash I agree. Got out of that Tregear property just in time.:D
     
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  5. devank

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    How do you find those deals? Do you need to be connected to those promoters?

    Do you expect any growth after 2019 for those properties? I was going to wait around for 7 or 8 years.
     
  6. spludgey

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    I personally wouldn't be surprised that if other markets didn't follow their regular cycles once Sydney starts going down a little bit. While confidence is still high at the time being, I can just imagine it dropping like a rock across Australia. This confidence seems to only be propped up by Sydney, Melbourne and possibly Brisbane, apart from that, the fundamentals are pretty shot: China's economy isn't doing that great and their devaluation of the yuan means that it's going to be more expensive for them to purchase internationally, unemployment is on the increase, the current government doesn't have a great deal of support, debt levels are reasonably high, the mining boom is over and it's not coming back, manufacturing is moving offshore with no viable alternative in sight, etc.

    I'm not saying we're going to be the next Greece, but I think we're in for a decade (hopefully) of very slow growth for the economy.
     
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    LMI insurer Genworth went down due to QLD and WA rising delinquencies too.

    There is a time delay between miners (and other industries) losing jobs and when those people finally exhaust their savings. I assume the delinquencies in QLD/WA are probably from job losses earlier in the year or even late last year.

    I'm also assuming the banks know a lot more about what's happening on the coal-face (no pun intended) because they can directly see arrears rising and also can see the monthly income flows. They can look at a bank account and see income flow of $10K a month that has dropped to $6K (lost high-paid mining job, found lower pay new job).

    Job ads are down in WA too I believe.

     
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  8. TheSackedWiggle

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    the full extent of new supply in rental market will be felt around 2016/17, RBA recently mentioned new migration adding to unemployment rate, so migration will be capped as there would be very little to offer in terms of work Next election unemployment will be an issue and to increase migration would be suicidal for liberals.
    If construction boom ends unemployment increases much rapidly.

    Rents are consistently falling over last few years in few cities and no I am not mentioning about mining towns, and the new supplies have not fully hit the market yet

    with unemployment high and increasing, migration decreasing, why do you think rents will rise in 2016?
     
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    Unemployment % is higher yes but there has also been more employment.

    My work place has put on more people in the last week and this year has put on an additional 20 heads (roughly speaking).
     
  10. Chris White

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    What areas are you referring to with regards to supply and rents falling?
     
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    I've also been receiving unsolicited phone calls from RE agents asking whether i was in the market to 'buy or sell' property.

    Last year and earlier this year this would be unheard of, as the agents would likely be too busy.

    In my mind this is another indicator of a slowing market.
     
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    When the buyer demand decreases, rental demand increases as there are more people looking to rent who were previously prospective buyers. During the GFC a lot of first home buyers sold up and went back to renting too as they either couldn't afford the repayments or just didnt want to pay a mortgage anymore
     
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    canberra, perth, adelaide all have increasing rental vacancy rates
     
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    ??
    are you saying you are seeing an overall increase in employment increasing which may not be reflected in unemployment figure?
     
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    Wont the house they sell increases the rental vacancy rate?
     
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    When you say unemployment increasing do you mean Sydney or Australia? Cause Sydney seems to be creating a crapload of jobs..
     
  18. Chris White

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    Ohh, I was talking about the outlook for Sydney....

    i.e. more people moving back to renting as opposed to buying which will put downward pressure on vacancy rates and upward pressure on rents.
     
  19. sumterrence

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    I believe this is not the case, imagine if those sellers cannot find a buyer and they need to rent the property out to cover repayments while other landlords that are not in a market to sell will need to compete with more competition. This will surely see rent come down in stead of up as more supply on the market.
     
  20. Chris White

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    I believe that this will happen again within 2 years. Its all about supply and demand..
    http://news.domain.com.au/domain/re...eel-the-squeeze-in-sydney-20111222-1p6zg.html

    When new construction slows, excess stock is taken up, less people buy a PPR as they are priced priced out and as lending tightens, this will happen again.....these headlines and situations are cyclical

    We manage properties all over the place so know first hand what rents do and when they do it.