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What about the Baby-Boomer Effect?

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Chris Lang.

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Yesterday, the Federal government released Australia’s third Intergenerational Report.

And about five years ago, I came out with a somewhat startling statement:

“If you haven’t sold your traditional family home by 2010 … you had better be prepared to hold it until 2025 — because there simply won’t be a market for it!”

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Positive Signs Continue in China

Posted on 23. Apr, 2009 by Chris Lang.

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Despite what the IMF has to say this morning … the World Bank expects China’s economy to start growing by mid-year, as a result of its massive stimulus package (some $A800 billion).

Overall growth for China has become more certain, as activity moves from state-funded projects into housing and improved consumption.

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Why Interest Rates Will Start To Soar!

Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Chris Lang.

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If you’re like most people you are probably trying to second guess whether or not the RBA will reduce official interest rates by 0.25% or 0.5% over the next month or so.

So, should you fix your rates on your Commercial property now, or wait a while?

Realistically, you need to study what is actually happening around […]

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Demand Finally Surfaces!

Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Chris Lang.

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The pent-up demand for housing serves to underline that this downturn is more like the credit squeeze of the mid-1970s, than the recession of the early 1990s.

It’s principally a confidence thing.

However, the recent surge in purchases by first-home buyers confirms that with the encouragement of low interest rates and government hand-outs … the buyers will […]

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