Today is a testing day for economic democracy with the announcement the Australian Valuation Office will be closed. The office has for 104 years valued our land - and was the cornerstone of the first federal tax office - the Federal Land Tax Office. We show concern at...
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The Barometer of the Economy
The Kavanagh Putland Index Dr Gavin Putland Thursday Oct 20th, 6.30pm 1/27 Hardware Lane RSVP pls to this free event. Dr Gavin Putland will analyse the size of the Australian land bubble in the context of previous land booms. This indicator compares bubbles in...
The Forgotten Factor: Land Prices
photo credit: //endlessâ John Young In all the discussion about the economic crisis and its causes, the part played by land prices is nearly always underrated. The unique character of these prices is usually not even recognised. I am not speaking of the price of the...
Over Valuations and the GFC
photo credit: rsepulveda The property industry lobby's reliance on 'friendly valuations' is often a source of contention in the valuation industry. The Australian today raises issues with Experts Question Boom Lending Property analyst Michael Matusik yesterday joined...
Don’t Shoot the Rabbits! We’ll need to eat them!!
Robert J McAlpine, President Prosper Australia The time for thinkers on economic matters has come! By neglecting the field of property valuation, mainstream economists have missed some of the most important factors in market price determination There exists an almost...