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Hi all Somebody showed me this and I thought it was worth posting. Funny and interesting view of UK market. Some similarities with Aust *********** Many people have been comparing the housing market bubble to previous market bubbles such as pre-the 1929 Wall Street Crash, the 1997-2000...

HI I'm just trying to do my due diligence on a company I recently bought shares in and am trying to do more research to possibly buy some more. So I'm just hoping to get some advice from fellow investors. The company is travel.com.au (TVL). They also own the website lastminute.com.au...

Does anyone know what is happening in Townsville at the moment. Early March there were 80 properties available for sale. This had increased to 116 by early April. currently there are 172 properties listed for sale on realestate.com.au! I research quite a few areas but nowhere have I seen...

For those that dont know, I ve been keeping track of the number of new properties that realestate.com.au lists for sale each week. This number has hit 20,000 for the first time in the week ending 16/1/04. Actual number is 20,091. From a previous post the figures were: 8-Nov 18277...

Can anyone confirm or deny the facts in this article. I think most people knew that prices would fall slowly over the next few years but I don't think too many expected it to occur so quickly!! I've changed my guidance from an expected 35% fall to a 40-45% fall over the next 5 years. from...

This wont be for everybody but check this website out TEAR Australia If you are having difficulty buying a present for a friend that has everything, why not send a gift to a person who has nothing on behalf of your friend. Here is just an example of some of the things you could give...

When will the Economist give up with all this bubble talk. If they continue on like this eventually people will start believing it and it will come true. The most recent edition has an article with a sub heading Once again it picks on our country. Why? "the sums behind...

The most recent (30 Nov) issue of The Economist has compiled an interesting list of the seven deadly sins if investing in realestate. The article goes into more detail, for brevity I have just included the sins here. You will need to get the magazine to see why these myths are false. 1...

My apologies if this has been asked before. I thought it would be interesting to see when forum members bought their first IP or when you intend to.

THE AGE November 18, 2003 To invest is human, to borrow Devine ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/17/1069027047151.html Edited due to copyright violation

I'm aware that there are many that don't appreciate me being here because I seem to have caused offence to forum members and paint too negative a picture for the future of property investing. I am posting this poll to give everyone a chance to say whether they want me here or not. I...

I thought this article sums it up pretty well. REVENGE OF THE RENTERS It’s boom time for tenants. Janice rents a three-bedroom duplex in Sydney’s North-West. The rent of $270 a week is almost half her take-home pay. But she never misses a payment. And the property is as good as the...

On another thread I made reference to an interesting article to which some questioned the validity or integrity of some of the statistics. I thought I would post it here. Bear in mind this is one persons opinion and although one would expect that the journo is a well educated and informed...

After a few good threads about the current state of the property market in Australia I thought I would post an interesting read. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s927891.htm I liked this bit - "KARL CASE: Here's the way housing bubbles stop: somebody blows a whistle that only dogs...

I was surprised to read that rental yields in the UK are at 8%. London is understandably the lowest at 6.95%(due to the increased likelihood for capital growth and lower vacancy rates). Does anyone know why? http://www.themovechannel.com/sitefeatures/market-eye/2003-april-paragon-a.pdf...

Here is an interesting statistic. It compares two countries of 6 in the world that The Economist magazine says are in dangerous bubbles. Number of weeks earnings required to buy a house 1988 - USA 265 weeks Australia 263 weeks 1996 - USA 270 weeks Australia 268 weeks 2003 - USA...

According to business-times Asia Singapore - "Bursting property bubbles in the UK and Australia might boost demand for properties here too. And with a bit of luck, Asia post-Sars will recapture its tigerish place in the world economy" read

Reality check: Aus USA Population 20m 300m Area 7m 8m (sq km) Area/person 350,000 27,000 (sq m) I found this on some other forum and found it thought provoking. Oz had better not receive too many...

I was just wondering what anyones thoughts are on the advertising websites available. Which are the best to use and have the most up to date properties etc. My main interest is in realestate.com.au. Just trying to do some due diligence as I already own some shares in the company but want to...