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Housing Shortage: Fact or Ponzi Swindle?

HomeMate — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:38:07 +0000

Is the housing shortage real, or just a trumped up story to give home buyers the hurry up. I have changed my mind over the past two years. After repeating the story for years on my blogs of a growing housing shortage in Australia believing it to be true, I now believe it might have [...]

House or Apartment: Which is better for your lifestyle & mortgage?

HomeMate — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:53:35 +0000

Do Australians really want townhouses and apartments over a single house on a block? I doubt it, but that’s what a recent survey found. A recent article on Australians suggested that Australian home buyers were more interested in an apartment or a townhouse than in a quarter acre block. The great Australian dream of owning [...]

Housing Market: Queensland real estate a buyers market, but is it investors paradise?

HomeMate — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:01:22 +0000

What is the best time to buy real estate in Queensland? Some say now the best time in a decade. The current slump in house values and sales in the Queensland housing market have created an attractive buying signal for investors, according to some in the real estate industry. QLD property is at the bottom [...]

Housing affordability: Is Australia’s housing affordability “in crisis”

HomeMate — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:51:34 +0000

Australia’s conservative party focus groups new spin, “housing affordability crisis” to describe home buyers reluctance to buy over priced homes. Australia does not have a housing affordability crisis. It has a housing and land price bubble that savvy home buyers know about and are using it too drive prices down. The Housing affordability reality. Housing [...]

House prices down: Buying signal for home buyers or reason to wait and see?

HomeMate — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:22:34 +0000

As Australia’s house prices soften many would say this represents a great time to buy. That obviously depends on what happens next. Australia home values are down further in 2011, as home buyers wait to see what will happen next with mortgage interest rates and home loan exit fees. If you have to buy now, [...]