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 negative…
photo credit: aphasiafilms Letter to the Editor David Collyer Balwyn THANK YOU, Tim Colebatch, for your clear-eyed review of our hopelessly distorted housing market (”Housing at these prices will leave us all a heavy debt to bear”, Comment, 23/3). Your…
photo credit: mugley Letter to the Editor David Barkly Nunawading Speculators have excelled themselves with their land banking. A realistic flat-rate land tax would discourage speculation. It would be equitable because land values rise due to community action, including the…
You’ve got to love real estate spruikers. They are so consistent and always so wrong. David Morrell purports to be a buyers’ advocate. On 5th March in The Age he was saying how you can’t go wrong with “land banking”…
photo credit: eqqman Letter to the Editor Andrew Gunter Hawthorn East THE Housing Industry Association’s Gil King says that “any policies that aim to speed up development applications and increase Victoria’s housing stock are welcomed” (The Age, 10/9). So does…
photo credit: tholmb Letter to the Editor – The Post (W.A) Niels Charlier Jolimont Dear Editor, Re your report, ” ‘Wrong’ rates ping home builder” (POST 15/8). Gill Vivian is absolutely right when she says she is being penalised for…
photo credit: Dean Terry Letter to the Age DAVID BARKLEY 19 July, 2009 Dear Editor, Graham Wines (Letters, 18/7) refers to the cost of urban sprawl. Some people hold land unused and grow rich while they sleep, as the land…
photo credit: Birta Rán Letter to the Age 01/06/09 Buy Australian veto David Barkley Box Hill Dear Editor, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner says the Government will not accept a push that breaches trade rules (29/5). All we hear is what…
photo credit: Xava du [photographer padawan] Letters to the Editor THE AGE April 29, 2009 Dr Gavin Putland The supply of land is fixed; they’re not making any more of it. Therefore the owners of land automatically constitute a cartel,…
photo credit: chaosinjune letter to the Monash Journal Site Value ANGE Siouclis is correct to suggest “why not trim excess expenditure and unwarranted perks and costs” at Monash Council (Your View, November 24). But to say that we all should…