Gerard Burg
AustraliaeconomistMale5.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Gerard Burg is the head of research at Cotality, where he analyzes trends in the Australian property market. In a recent discussion about the rising trend of interest-only loans, he highlighted that over 21% of home loans in the December 2025 quarter were interest-only, a significant increase attributed mainly to investor activity and a changing economic landscape.
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Cotality head of research Gerard Burg said a series of demand-side factors were hitting the property market.
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