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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNEbDSPFSsI Interesting to compare plans with what transpired and what happened to some of the founders.

I used to subscribe to emails for property listings in areas I was researching. Then I unsubscribed and the emails stopped. But just recently the emails resumed. The weird thing about them is they have auction dates of 1 January 0001 at 12am And the email is (c) 2011. The links to the...

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2015/02/19/swedish-rent-control-experience-a-warning-for-sydney/

Apparently this was passed in over the weekend. http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-ardeer-118736459 Floorplan: http://i1.au.reastatic.net/raw/17920ac850be91808f6da422a61c33817375fc0cc57abd94b9007c45aae1a6f9/floorplan1.jpg $355k, 8 bedrooms & 15km from CBD. On only a small block...

Great reading http://grattan.edu.au/report/the-wealth-of-generations/ http://grattan.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/820-wealth-of-generations.pdf

An old video of a 1981 prizewinning new home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62VYCCWMvpw Interesting that someone could get a prize for an almost windowless brick box, even as 'top home'. 'Top budget home' I could understand, but 'top home' I can't. Shows how fashions change. From the...

It was largely cloudy in Melbourne but managed to get some pictures with the video camera running.

Just wondering if anyone's had their property manager (that they've used for years) ask, out of the blue, for 100 points of ID? Apparently 'for their records'. Does anyone have any sound reasons to accede to their request?

http://fabsydneyflashbacks.blogspot.com.au/ Has a lot of '60s - '90s articles and ads including some for houses and new estates.

Read it at http://www.viacorp.com/DebtBook.html (probably the world's sparsest website but has other stuff worth reading also)

To mark the end of the financial Year, the National Film and Sound Archives has uploaded a 1988 movie designed to teach young people (who'd now be nearly 50) about tax. Enjoy and/or cringe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELTUBjk15QU

Whether you call it authoritarian, socialist or semi-fascist, Walt Disney's city vision has the lot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Prototype_Community_of_Tomorrow_(concept) (ie no home ownership, no unemployed, no retirees, enforced 'community')

Report on housing policy http://grattan.edu.au/static/files/assets/6aae95cf/800_Renovating_Housing.pdf

Based on a conception of class that includes social and cultural things as well as financial. Article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21953364 Take the test at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973 7 classes are identified: Elite: Most privileged group, set apart from...

New ABS SIEFA numbers out One of the most important sets of statistics for those assessing neighbourhoods has been released by the ABS. Higher the better - ie higher incomes, education and opportunities. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/2033.0.55.001 It relates to the 2011...

Some interesting old articles on real estate investing - from 70 or more years ago: Renovating: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/36802044?searchTerm=real estate investment&searchLimits= Investing by the sea (1924): http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/57894937?searchTerm=real...

If anyone's had troubles getting tenants check the garden - in case the agent's planted an unauthorised cash crop! Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/real-estate-directors-charged-over-marijuana-crop-20130309-2ft8h.html#ixzz2N5OI8Imy

Threads in forums such as this often have a life. Someone asks a question, there'll be some replies and then it degenerates into trivia or even (on less moderated forums) abuse. However this thread, on a specialist electronic forum, is different. It starts with a simple question and...

No kettle or microwave needed. Good viewing for those on a full stomach from today's festivities or lamenting a big pile of washing up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-mfYXdjNTM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1YH1SGcvDs is pt 1 Made by Film Australia Note how property managers were all men in those days!