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Speculative Vacancies report presentation
Innovative Vacant Housing measure - Speculative Vacancies 2013 from Karl Below is Catherine Cashmore's audio presentation for the event - the 7th Speculative Vacancies report. Click through the powerpoint slideshow in time to the mixcloud audio file below....
Australia’s twin economic diseases
Australia has two infections that compromise our economic health. Their remarkably similar symptoms – fever, delirium, impaired judgement - muddy diagnosis and hamper effective treatment. Most are familiar with ‘Dutch disease’, where a resource bounty – in Holland’s...
Livin’ the Dream!
Open Letter to Matthew Guy, Please Explain Why Housing is for Hocking
Dear Matthew, this week we released our 7th Speculative Vacancies report - Empty Investment Homes Ignored, finding 46,836 empty homes in Melbourne. Read the press release. Despite your valiant efforts in bending over backwards to provide extensive land re-zoning both...
Report: Speculative Vacancies 7
Download Catherine Cashmore's investigation into why empty investor homes are ignored in Speculative Vacancies 7. Read past vacancy reports. Related media: Press Release - Empty Investment Homes Hurt Affordability Renegade Economists radio interview with Catherine...
Empty Investment Homes Hurt Affordability
Press Release for Speculative Vacancies 7 report launch A new report finds 64,386 properties are likely vacancies during Melbourne’s record-long housing supply crisis. “32% of the Docklands may be a speculators paradise but it’s facing a ghost town future if the...
Tax Evasion to Land Banking
ASX Investigations - Tax Evasion to Land Banking by Renegadeeconomists on Mixcloud With another whistleblower releasing the inner details of tax evasion strategies (the LuxLeaks) in the build up to the G20, it is timely this week's Renegade Economists radio show...
Speculative Vacancies 7
Read the report Wednesday November 12th, 6.30pm Presenter: Catherine Cashmore 2/22 Punch La, Melbourne RSVP The 7th Speculative Vacancies report advocates for empty property held for capital gains to be included in Australia's housing vacancy measures. Read The...
Land Banking Profits during a Housing Supply Crisis – Englobo 2014
Land in Australia should be dirt cheap. All levels of government must explicitly recognise outstanding access to land for all is a key national advantage that simply cannot be imitated by other countries. For state governments, close scrutiny of planning and a...
Englobo, Speculative Vacancies, the Wealth Illusion
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. THE ENEWS OF PROSPER & EARTHSHARING AUSTRALIA OCTOBER 2014 Englobo 2014 Report Launch - tomorrow night Thursday, October 30th, 6.30 – 8pm Level 2, 22 Punch Lane, Melbourne Presenter: David Collyer RSVP,...
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