Low Rates Drive Investors into Property Rush

Michael Janda | ABC online | August 26, 2013 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-26/low-rates-drive-investors-into-property-rush/4913262 Australia's biggest real estate market continues to lead national property prices higher, with Sydney posting another weekend where the clearance rate was around 80 per cent. Analysts

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How Houston Maintains Affordable Housing

How Houston Maintains Affordable Housing | Leith Van Onselen | 26 August 2013 http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/08/how-houston-maintains-affordable-housing/ I have written previously how Houston’s deregulated and innovative urban planning system has succeeded in providing Houstonians with housing that is among

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New Zealand’s bold move against the housing bubble

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2013/8/21/economy/new-zealands-bold-move-against-housing-bubble New Zealand's bold move against the housing bubble Stephen Koukoulas21 Aug, 2013 Business Spectator  There have not been many instances in the past decade or so where economic policy changes in New Zealand have

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But wait, there might be a snag

Adele Ferguson I Sydney Morning Herald I August 13, 2013 http://www.smh.com.au/business/but-wait-there-might-be-a-snag-20130812-2rsbw.html#ixzz2btxMpIQ8 National Australia Bank's $1000 cash-back offer to induce home owners to switch their mortgages to the bank has a touch of the Demtels about

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CBA chief Ian Narev not losing sleeping over property bubble fears

Clancy Yeates I Sydney Morning Herald I August 12, 2013 http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/cba-chief-ian-narev-not-losing-sleeping-over-property-bubble-fears-20130812-2rs8w.html#ixzz2btURZgks Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev does not lie awake at night worrying about how Australia’s property market may respond to record-low interest rates, despite persistent questions

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Property Bubble? That’s the theory anyway

Phillip Soos I Deakin University I August 9, 2013 http://theconversation.com/property-bubble-thats-the-theory-anyway-16814 As Australian housing prices have boomed over the last decade and a half, there has been much discussion over whether a bubble exists in the

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How to Sell without Selling

Mike Figliuolo I thoughtLEADERS LLC I July 8, 2013 I hate salespeople. I especially hate the ones who doggedly pursue me hocking their wares even after I’ve repeatedly told them I’m not interested. The worst

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USA single family homes – major funds continue to enter this property investment sector

Global Vision Property I July 3, 2013 http://gviproperty.com/?p=1366 Many property investors are concerned over whether the single family home sector in the USA is one they should invest in. Well, in addition to Warren Buffett

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Through the roof again?

The Economist I June 29, 2013 http://www.economist.com/news/business/21580149-americas-builders-have-responded-cautiously-higher-house-prices-so-far-through-roof THE stronger-than-expected 53% growth in quarterly sales reported on June 25th by Lennar, America’s biggest homebuilder by market capitalisation, is the latest evidence that the country’s housing market

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Investors returning to market

Steven Cross I The Adviser I June 28, 2013 http://www.theadviser.com.au/breaking-news/8867-investors-returning-to-market- The popularity of property investment is rising, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), with record low interest rates driving confidence.

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