Property Insider Edwin Almeida and I discuss the latest auction clearance results and debunk the claims of a property market roaring back to life.

Edwin explains how the numbers are produced, and why we need to be cautious and also sets out some real data to show whats happening on the ground. And its not pretty!

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I discuss the latest on the Senate Inquiry into Banking Separation (Glass-Steagall) with Robbie Barwick from the CEC. We have a significant opportunity to drive the change to benefit Australians and Australia.

Link to CEC release for instructions:

http://cecaust.com.au/releases/2019_02_18_Submission.html

Link to Senate Economics Legislation Committee inquiry website:

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/BankingSystemReform

We review the latest from LF Economics on home prices, and include a segment on Sunrise today where I discuss the trajectory of property valuations.

The Senate has initiated an inquiry into the structural separation of

I discuss the critical issues surrounding this with businessman John

In our last post we had discussed the outcomes of the Royal Commission and I follow up with questions from that post, in the light of new developments.

There are so many compelling reasons to support structural

The bottom line is structural separation would be good for customers,

This will help you to prepare a submission to the inquiry when its formally sought!

This is the edited version of our live stream event where we discuss our latest scenarios and a range of finance and property questions.

Live recording and chat can be found at: https://youtu.be/BNrTHJ2MWjo

We discuss the latest data from Westpac and Bank of Queensland, look at off the plan building and consider financial advice versus general advice in the ASIC case.

Plus a quick reminder of tomorrows live streaming event where we update our scenarios.

Feb 2019: https://youtu.be/BNrTHJ2MWjo

In the latest from our New Zealand property expert Joe Wilkes, we look at the latest data with a focus on recent home price movements. Things are getting interesting!