by David Collyer | May 17, 2011 | Commentary
Australians debate property prices without end. Fortunes and future happiness pivot on the balance of supply and demand. Yet good statistics about this crucial matter are rare. There are many heavily geared investors in residential real estate cozying up alongside the...
by David Collyer | May 9, 2011 | Commentary, Multimedia, Progress Magazine
This is an article written for our Progress magazine. Grab a free trial subscriber’ship today. Download the Home Buyer’s Strike special edition. On March 15, Prosper announced to the media that first home buyers were on strike and refusing to commit at...
by David Collyer | May 2, 2011 | Press Releases
The ABS House Price Index* released today confirmed house prices are falling, with both Brisbane and Melbourne down 2.5 per cent QoQ and the eight capitals down 1.7 per cent QoQ overall. “While the price fall is modest it confirms the new downward trend in house...
by David Collyer | Apr 19, 2011 | Press Releases
Negatively geared property investors have exposed themselves, our banks and the broader Australian economy to widespread capital destruction, says Prosper Australia campaign manager David Collyer. “The Great Australian Land Bubble has just burst. ‘Gearers will not be...
by David Collyer | Apr 12, 2011 | Press Releases
The Great Australian Land Bubble burst at 10.30pm AEST on Monday 11 April 2011, according to Prosper Australia campaign manager David Collyer. “The era of towering prices – of superhuman personal sacrifice by every young couple to fund a mortgage to buy a simple...