by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 12, 2010 | Articles
photo credit: marfis75 That’s essentially the message from the February Housing Finance figures. With the property market bubbling at extortionate levels, housing investors have decided to go to sleep at just the time they are most needed. In seasonal terms,...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 9, 2010 | Multimedia
Phil Anderson from Economic Indicator Services giving us the state of the market via his unique analysis of the inter-relationship between real estate, share markets and commodities. The Asset Bubbles Forever event was held on Tuesday March 2nd, 2010. The proceeding...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 8, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
photo credit: Darco TT Letter to the Editor Crikey E-Newsletter Dr. Gavin R. Putland, Director, Land Values Research Group, Prosper Australia, writes: Re. “Kevin, will that be two terms, or four?” (yesterday, item 16). No, Nicholas Gruen, don’t cap...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Mar 31, 2010 | Commentary
The system gives the thumbs up to such activity, but we must alert you to the latest ‘capital gains’ success story trumpeted in today’s Business Age (check p10*). Solomon Lew bought 151- 165 Franklin St (CBD) in 1982 for $810,000. He sold it recently...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Mar 29, 2010 | Commentary
photo credit: chrisjohnbeckett With the housing bubble accelerating each day, sometimes you wonder if it is ever going to pop. Tim Colebatch has written a number of key articles of recent, including this one on negative gearing pointing out that investors now account...