photo credit: Jasmic Gavin R. Putland in today’s Crikey Enewsletter: Without the benefit of reading today’s balance-of-payments figures from the ABS, I’m expecting tomorrow’s GDP figure for the March quarter to be worse than the median forecast of mainstream economists.…
On Tuesday, SQM Research released their forecast for house price movements this year. Louis Christopher is as dour as a maiden aunt.
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…
photo credit: Karsoe The new Victorian Liberal Government’s move to provide a 20% cut to Stamp Duty will have bankers wringing their hands. The market price for a house will vary little. There will be no saving for First Home…
photo credit: The-Lane-Team The rising number of ghost auctions (unreported auctions not called in by real estate agents) is distorting the housing market. The REIV’s weekend clearance rate was 57% on 480 auctions. However, 102 were ghost auctions and not…
Tues May 10th, 7 -9pm Celebrating lower housing prices. Champagne and caviar for Home Buyers on Strike The bubble has popped so the champagne must be topped! Join us to celebrate falling house prices and the opportunity this offers generations…
Today it has leaked that the Gillard Govt is sounding out the possibilities for reforming the detested negative gearing: THE Gillard government has sounded out unions over steps to cool Australia’s housing market, with measures that range from a new…
photo credit: Super Doily As published in yesterday’s Online Opinion As if out of thin air, a magical 46 per cent more property was offered for sale in February than a year earlier. Like the heavens opening after a long…
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…
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