Posts Tagged ‘land valuation’

The Barometer of the Economy

Monday, October 17th, 2011

The Kavanagh Putland Index Dr Gavin Putland Thursday Oct 20th, 6.30pm 1/27 Hardware Lane RSVP pls to this free event. Dr Gavin Putland will analyse the size of the Australian land bubble in the context of previous land booms. This indicator compares bubbles in relative terms by dividing land sales by GDP, reflecting the size [...]

The Forgotten Factor: Land Prices

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

photo credit: //endless∞ John Young In all the discussion about the economic crisis and its causes, the part played by land prices is nearly always underrated. The unique character of these prices is usually not even recognised. I am not speaking of the price of the house or other improvements on a site, but of [...]

Over Valuations and the GFC

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

photo credit: rsepulveda The property industry lobby’s reliance on ‘friendly valuations’ is often a source of contention in the valuation industry. The Australian today raises issues with Experts Question Boom Lending Property analyst Michael Matusik yesterday joined the chorus against the proposal yesterday. He said it was unreasonable for taxpayers to be forced to bail [...]

Don’t Shoot the Rabbits! We’ll need to eat them!!

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Robert J McAlpine, President Prosper Australia The time for thinkers on economic matters has come! By neglecting the field of property valuation, mainstream economists have missed some of the most important factors in market price determination There exists an almost complete chasm of two closely related economic considerations. One dealing with the abstract, which can [...]