by David Collyer | Apr 4, 2012 | Articles
On Monday the Real Estate Institute of Victoria made public its submission to the Victorian Government on the framing of the state budget. They are big-hearted enough to call for an end to the First Home Bonus – a ‘gift’ to buyers that merely inflates land prices by...
by David Collyer | Mar 29, 2012 | Articles
The RBA said yesterday assets have fallen by $40,000 per household in the last year. No wonder everyone is now saving over ten percent of their incomes and slashing mortgage balances with grim determination. The economy, which usually steers like an oil tanker, has...
by David Collyer | Mar 28, 2012 | Press Releases
28 March 2012 Young homebuyers who took Prosper Australia’s advice – Don’t Buy Now! – exactly a year ago have typically saved themselves $58,000. “I congratulate everyone who stood aside from this dreadful Ponzi scheme known as the Australian property...
by David Collyer | Mar 15, 2012 | Commentary
Lloyds Bank is selling a $2.1 billion book of bad Australian commercial property loans and expects to take a fifty per cent haircut. There is more. Morgan Stanley is alleged to have bought a Lloyds’ Gold Coast loan book with a face value of $700 million for between 30...
by David Collyer | Mar 13, 2012 | Commentary
The politico-housing complex relies heavily on poor quality data to hide the market price of houses from innocent low-information citizens. It has this market knowledge at its fingertips – but is determined not to share it with the likes of you and me. Most of the...