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From Today's The Age http://www.theage.com.au/business/fringe-dwellers-top-property-gains-20100312-q2qv.html "So much for location, location, location. All but one of the top ten performing property markets in Australia over the past decade are anything but central......" and...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aJua.fRYs1KQ http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Steve-Keen-finally-concedes-pd20091103-XETBW?OpenDocument "Well folks, it’s over. After predicting 40 per cent falls in Australian house prices – he was off by an order of...

http://www.theage.com.au/business/median-house-price-hits-480000-20091023-hdfz.html Median up $30,000 in 3 months Broadmeadows median jumps 21.5% in 3 months... 1000 auctions this weekend

From Michael Yardney's latest newsletter on the topic of Labour's Housing Affordability Fund: ........................................................................................ [U]"The National Rent Affordability Scheme. [/U] Property investors may initially see this as a bonus -...

From The Age : http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/surging-rents-put-state-top-of-nation/2008/05/16/1210765176395.html "MELBOURNE has topped the nation for the steepest rise in rents for houses and units over the past year. It underlines the city's rental crisis, placing further...

From news.com.au http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25479,23553162-14327,00.html By Clare Masters (she really needs to get her head out of her rear side- read below) Property agents cash in on housing squeeze REAL estate agents have been caught using scare tactics to...

Houses will never be affordable - RBA http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25479,23466710-14327,00.html From the above article- "And it’s not any easier if you’re renting. Renters will be worse off when housing prices rise, according to the RBA. “Younger people who have not...

API is planning to do a major feature on Frankston before Eastlink opens in June and they are after a case study from a Frankston investor who has invested in the area in the past 12 months. If one of the investors who have recently purchased there would like to volunteer for a case study...

Now all you greedy, evil and opportunistic monsters..ooops investors..! You have been warned by another journo.. Dont raise rents and be nice to renters.. .Dont worry about losing your portfolio with increasing interest rates though.. Its just parts and parcel of being an investor.. Just...

Fellow S'softian David Mc (David McCracken) is featured on the front cover of API with a big smile..:D Now that you are very famous David, hope we still see you at MIG meeting ..! Good luck Harris

I am looking at getting some new cookware for our kitchen. I am one of the most fussiest and passionate food person and having more of a difficult time selecting the cookware than I have ever had with selecting an IP… no exaggeration..! I started looking at Boxing day and still cant make up my...

Having enjoyed a great year in property investment at the end of my 5th year in property investment journey, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all the moderators that moderate this forum. Unlike other investment forums this is one of a kind without annoying adverts, banner ads and...

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gc6qIkuRxSi5OmQHiPSGw_BwGHtQ LONDON (AFP) — The former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan suggested here Monday that the global credit crisis triggered in August might be coming to an end. At a conference on the world economy, British Prime...

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22243219-2,00.html SOUTH Australia's economy has gone into recession, a new economic report published today by the ANZ bank says. The latest biannual ANZ Australian Property Outlook Report says the state is experiencing "weakening economic activity...

Cover story in Aug edition of API This is how it starts.. (courtesy of API) "Ask anyone who makes a living advising people about property purchases and most of them will tell you the "better" suburbs always deliver and you are crazy to buy in outlying areas. Media has reported this mantra...

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22070468-2,00.html "HOME ownership rates for the mainstream family - a couple with dependent children under 15 - have improved over the past 10 years despite the doubling of property prices in that time. New census data supplied to the Weekend...

I need some advice regarding couple of development blocks in Res 2 zoning that I purchased in the same street over the last couple of weeks. Both blocks measure around 1200 sqm each and I plan to build 8 townhouses on them in the next few years. The problem is that they have flash flood...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/investment/how-to-spot-an-honest-broker/2007/04/23/1177180563955.html Market researcher brandmanagement conducted the secret survey where real shoppers made 104 visits to brokers throughout Australia. The shadow shop was restricted to MFAA members, which paid for...

Hi, I am looking at organising a valuation for a development block in Frankston South. I have previously used property valuers who have done staright forward property valuations. I have spoken to the same valuers and whilst they have agreed to do the valuation, I am not sure if they can be...

Hi, I am in the process of acquiring a block of land couple of streets from the beach in S E Queensland in one of the fastest growing QLD areas' with the aim to build 10 townhouses. All the similar sized blocks (in the street and surrounds) either have finished townhouses or in the process...