Listed Developer Englobo Holdings

by | Nov 27, 2013 | Commentary

Sharemarket-listed property developers hold 264,000 residential lots in their development pipeline – 19.3 years supply with a disclosed end value of $80 billion – in a year when they sold only 13,000 lots, according to analysis by Prosper Australia. The...
Australia’s FIRE Sector Propaganda Matrix

Australia’s FIRE Sector Propaganda Matrix

by | Nov 27, 2013 | Commentary

by Paul Egan In the cult science fiction Matrix movies, people live within a simulated reality created by artificially intelligent machines who feed from their life energy; a dream world that has enslaved humanity due to a blissful lack of awareness of the invisible...
Land tax must kill negative gearing, Stamp Duty

Land tax must kill negative gearing, Stamp Duty

by | Nov 26, 2013 | Articles

By Catherine Cashmore, a market analyst and journalist with extensive experience in all aspects relating to property acquisition. Follow Catherine on Twitter or via here Blog . There’s been a lot of debate around property taxation in Australia – significantly negative...

On the edge of realty (sic)

by | Nov 18, 2013 | Commentary

AHURI published Friday an important new research paper ‘The edges of home ownership’ about churn in the property market that deserves our close scrutiny and debate. Wood, Ong et al compare the UK and Australian experience of those leaving and reentering home ownership...

Time for Change

by | Nov 7, 2013 | Letters to the Editor

The Letters Editor Progress Leader (Boroondara) 5 November 2013 Time for Change Your feature on property (29/10) brings out the contrast between overseas investments in Balwyn and how increasing “house prices” are deterring first home buyers. One real estate...