Brendan Coates, Economic Policy Program Director of the Grattan Institute

Part 2. Brendan Coates, Economic Policy Program Director of the Grattan Institute and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell discuss the history of Australian housing booms and their subsequent busts. After a bust what is negative home equity, how do the banks react to mortgagees with negative equity - do they make you sell up? What is the current risk of a housing crash? The future of mortgages. Want to dig deeper? Check out what Brendan recommends. A Model Of The Australian Housing Market...

Part 1. Brendan Coates, Economic Policy Program Director of the Grattan Institute joins Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell to discuss why Australia is experiencing a housing price boom. Topics discussed are the effects of interest rates, bank lending policies, the Reserve Banks $4bn per week Quantitative Easing program, local government’s restrictive policies limiting permits for new housing, the effects of COVID on the housing market, the home ownership market versus the rental market for those w...