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  1. FormerLurker

    NSW new strata law

    http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/new-window-lock-laws-for-nsw-stratas/story-e6frfku9-1226596394666 Looks like an additional cost coming soon folks - window locks from above ground floor apartments.
  2. FormerLurker

    Perth Rents

    Looking good - though the jump between the median here and the 2011 census seems mighty sharp: http://www.news.com.au/national/rent-consumes-nearly-half-weekly-pay/story-fndo4e3y-1226473733709
  3. FormerLurker

    Perth CBD lunch meet

    Anyone interested in a Perth CBD lunch meet sometime in the next few weeks? If we get a few interested we'll see if we can set a date and venue. Just express interest and nominate the best day/days of the week for you. Interested Monday or Friday best for me - but flexible.
  4. FormerLurker

    Thornlie WA

    Found this listing as I was doing the rounds: http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-thornlie-109690221 1000+ m2 block gave me a moments thought running some numbers over it I couldn't find a way of making more than a marginal profit unless I could squeeze 4 2x1's on it. Was...
  5. FormerLurker

    Perth rental "crisis" article

    http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/perth-rents-jump-again-as-crisis-deepens/story-e6frg2ru-1226299413901 Basically vacancies heading down prices going up warm happy feelings for landlords :)
  6. FormerLurker

    WA article

    Interesting article on WA and how some regions have negative equity: http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/local-owners-looking-at-negative-equity/story-e6frg2ru-1226247640456
  7. FormerLurker

    Trouble editing posts

    Anyone else having trouble editing posts? When I try to edit and hit save after changing it just does nothing and I have to click the link back to the forum to get out.
  8. FormerLurker

    Aussie landlord killed last year update

    http://www.news.com.au/world/mistrial-in-aussie-murder-case-in-detroit/story-e6frfkyi-1226243665683 Mistrial called.
  9. FormerLurker

    Super - Salary sacrafice info

    Posted on another forum I frequent http://forums.silverstackers.com/top...-warning.html: Found out this morning that what I thought was a common understanding of salary sacrificing additional superannuation contributions was incorrect, and it appears to be pretty common misunderstanding...
  10. FormerLurker

    Interest rates yo-yo

    going up going down staying flat swinging around - another reason to add rates reporting in the media to house prices and just ignore the hype: http://www.news.com.au/money/interest-rates/rate-rise-not-for-12-months-westpac-economist-predicts/story-e6frfmn0-1226063173564...
  11. FormerLurker

    Super who thinks they'll get it?

    I'm not sure personally.... http://blogs.news.com.au/moneystuff/index.php/news/comments/julia_get_your_hands_off_my_money/
  12. FormerLurker

    Interesting Article

    http://www.news.com.au/money/property/high-rents-leave-sydney-families-homeless/story-e6frfmd0-1226048950112 Boom/bust/boom/bust but rents always seem to go up.
  13. FormerLurker

    Who says you can't get good 10%+ yields with residential property?

    Just need to think outside the square....and the law apparently: http://www.news.com.au/money/property/cowboy-landlords-squeezing-tenants/story-e6frfmd0-1226033796899
  14. FormerLurker

    Interesting article on TINY apartment

    Worth a glance and get's you thinking - I know I couldn't do it (to much of a hoarder). http://www.news.com.au/money/property/new-yorker-felice-cohen-lives-in-a-micro-apartment-measuring-just-83-square-metres/story-e6frfmd0-1226033143269
  15. FormerLurker

    Notification

    When threads are deleted could a PM please be sent to posters in the thread notifying them of it's deletion (preferably with a reason). I don't mind content being moderated or even deleted but I'd like to know why.
  16. FormerLurker

    Value of a Buffer

    I am having an interesting experience at the moment that has reinforced the value of having a buffer. I recently purchased another property - one that soaked up all my loose cash causing me to scramble to pay deposit/stamp duty/conveyancing/pest & building reports and meet all my usual living...
  17. FormerLurker

    Nth & South Korea - Artillary fire exchanged

    News just to hand... http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/north-korea-shells-south-prompting-trade-of-fire-1.326266 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/south-korean-marine-dies-15-hurt-in-clash-20101123-185fk.html :eek:
  18. FormerLurker

    Financial Review Article

    Read an interesting article in the FR today regarding the difficulty in getting commercial funding and how they anticipate the situation continuing for upto 2 years (sadly I don't have a link). Wanted to get some thoughts on this from those out there doing it atm agree/disagree/banks make you...
  19. FormerLurker

    All is well until tommorows online article

    Hey folks interesting article I came accross: http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8104428 Seems alls well until someone writes something different tommorow - however this one rings true with me 20% increase over 3 years in a specific set of locations for valid reasons (I know I...
  20. FormerLurker

    Liars & Fools Thread in Coffee lounge gone

    The thread has dissapeared - not deleted just gone......are we being censored? Conroy perhaps you can answer that one.
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