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    Refiancing deceased estate

    A close relative recently passed away & left me and my sister with a house with a reverse mortgage. The issue is how to refinance the reverse mortgage given my sister & I are not in full time employment. I'm am currently at uni & my sister is a nurse who was the full time carer of the deceased...
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    Gyms in apartment blocks - ugh!

    Gym quality is a real deal breaker for me and I suspect many others in purchasing an apartment. There is lip service paid to gyms and gym equipment, to the extent that most are unusable by somebody serious. I've lived in numerous apartments over the past 10 years, maybe one was useable...
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    ABS - housing prices down 7% for year

    "But the latest national figures from the ABS show house prices have dived another 2.2 per cent, almost double the decline of the previous quarter. They have fallen by nearly 7 per cent for the year." http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/04/2560443.htm Its basic macroeconomics which I...
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    Housing affordability & long term gains

    The table below gives the 2008 housing affordability for various countries. Affordabilit yis defined as median house price divided by median wage. Source: www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf Australia has the most unaffordable housing in the world, somewhat more than New Zealand, & Ireland/UK...
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