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What about the Baby-Boomer Effect?
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Chris Lang.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
