Sydney and Melbourne shows a big chunk of apartment approvals worth $65 billion. Australian banks are exposed to the looming Australia property disaster
Banks Exposed to Looming Property Disaster
But that warning comes with an important caveat — Chinese and Australian banks are going to share the disaster and we don’t know the relative ‘market share’.
Sydney and Melbourne shows that a big chunk of the more than $65 billion in approvals in 2013-14 and 2014-15 has now been initiated. The Australian mining investment boom was generally said to be worth about $100bn.
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Date: April 11 at 7:56 PM
Published by: The Australian
Reporter: Robert Gottliebsen
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Category: Australia Real Estate
Sydney and Melbourne shows that a big chunk of the more than $65 billion in approvals in 2013-14 and 2014-15 has now been initiated. The Australian mining investment boom was generally said to be worth about $100bn.
Australia’s biggest and best-funded developer, Harry Triguboff (Meriton), warned readers that the local banks have funded a significant proportion of this enormous figure. In past statements the Reserve Bank has warned of Australian banks’ exposure to property development. The problem is that another part of the bank has loaned billions to developers. In 1990, the banks ended up effectively owning or controlling large amounts of real estate, which they usually sold at a loss.
Click here to view the orignal article
Date: April 11 at 7:56 PM
Published by: The Australian
Reporter: Robert Gottliebsen
Video: Watch on YouTube - Watch on YouKu
Category: Australia Real Estate