The Property Council of Australia’s shameless threat to both sides of politics to look the other way on negative gearing reform is a slap in the face to the democratic process. Is this the stick accompanying the $2.4m in carrots donated to both sides of politics? For...
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Friendly Jordies versus Property Speculators
Referencing our eighth Speculative Vacancies Report, Friendly Jordies breaks it down for the everyday person. When are politicians going to get more proactive on the incredible advantages property speculators enjoy? Resources: Zine - Shareholders of Planet Earth Roots...
Housing supply fails – Speculative Vacancies instead
A collection of the week's radio interviews regarding our 8th report into Speculative Vacancies: With Catherine Cashmore on our favourite weekly show, the Renegade Economists: Vacancies Up, House Prices Up by Renegade Economists on Mixcloud Tony Biggs interviews Karl...
Vacant homes up 28% despite housing crisis
Media Release: Speculative Vacancies Defy Housing Affordability Pressures - Again 82,724 properties lie vacant and unoccupied across Greater Melbourne, according to Prosper Australia’s 2015 Speculative Vacancies Report released today. Key findings: • 4.8% of...
Almost 20pc of Melbourne’s investor-owned homes empty
Published by the Australian Financial Review by Michael Bleby The number of empty houses and apartments in Melbourne is much higher than traditional estimates, with as many as one-fifth of all investor-owned properties lying empty, according to a study of water usage...
Speculative Vacancies 8 Report
Executive Summary Prosper Australia’s Speculative Vacancies Report demonstrates how Government housing, tax and supply policies have allowed widespread residential and commercial vacancies in Melbourne. Melbourne’s three main metropolitan water retailers, City West...
Judgement Day arrives for illegal foreign buyers
reposted from Macrobusiness by Leith van Onselen Today is 1 December, which means that the amnesty on illegal foreign buyers of Australian residential real estate is over and the Government’s new penalty regime comes into effect. From today, a foreign national that...
The good ol’ boys clean up
Fairfax’s Michael Pascoe writes today about Murray & Frijters’ study Clean Money in a Dirty System: Relationship Networks and Land Rezoning in Queensland which found politically connected developers gained $410 million through favourable rezoning decisions in Brisbane...
Intergenerational fairness
by Jesse Hermans Recently La Trobe’s Philosophy Politics and Economics Society and Ideas Society joint hosted an event on Intergenerational Fairness with some good insights into what future generations face - including my own. I was sorely disappointed by John Daley,...
Enews: China, Housing Inquiry, CGO Conference and more
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. The enews of Prosper & Earthsharing Australia AUGUST 2015 What makes a successful tax state? Wednesday September 2nd Royal Society of Victoria, 8 La Trobe St, Melbourne From 6pm $30 (includes dinner...