by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 23, 2014 | Commentary
Each day passes with policy enhancing the never ending Great Australian land bubble. Three of note include: the recent sale of $500m in Australian sub-prime loans by non-bank lender Pepper (AFR, paywalled), bundled together as Residential Mortgage Backed Securities....
by Karl Fitzgerald | Feb 24, 2015 | Commentary
With Sydney’s clearance rate hitting 87% on the weekend and a modest 3 BRM weatherboard homes selling for $1.36m, (some 40 minutes commute from the CBD), concerns over the role of speculative investment continue. The ‘golden ticket’ to fast track...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 17, 2015 | Commentary
Cycling into work yesterday I bumped into the good Senator Nick Xenophon. I had to yell out “No super access for First Home Owners”! He responded so I hit the brakes and we had a short chat. In good news, Nick said that he had changed his position:...
by Karl Fitzgerald | May 27, 2014 | Commentary
The second in our new Evolving economics enews – sent bi-weekly. Sign up here. Read below for the surprising rationale justifying foreign investment in Cuba’s newly privatised property free-for-all. Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online....
by Karl Fitzgerald | Aug 27, 2013 | Campaigns, Commentary
Updated April 2016 Location, location is a crucial real estate strategy but ignored in neo-classical economics. This leads to poor economic policy that ignores the natural advantage of owning a prime location over running a business. Investors hover around 50+%...
