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BHP is a great company. There are some great houses, I really wish I could own. The trouble is, a lot of people have bid them up far beyond what I see them as being worth, so I don't buy them. Topcropper are you in agriculture? If you can get enough rain this year for your fields you will...

BHP paid out 50c franked at 30% last year. $40 a share = 1.25% dividends $20 a share = 2.5% dividends BHP shares are trading as if someone expects another 5 Chinas to appear in the pacific next year. Forgive me for passing on them.

I never said Australia will end up like Japan, I agree, we are different than them. The single example I used Japan for is that a cut in interest rates does not lead to a boom in house prices when they are already high and people are loaded up with debt. You can cut interest rates to 0% and if...

Interest rates falling makes money cheaper to borrow, which encourages people to borrow *IF THEY CAN*. Many people are at their maximum borrowing capacity, in fact quite a few Australian banks at the moment can't find anyone willing to accept their debts and are having to use emergency measures...

Do you mean confirmation bias? I think there is an increased rental tightness compared to say, 2-5 years ago, and I don't think you will see anyone denying that on GHPC forums. We have used census data to try and show that there is no fundamental DWELLING shortage. One of the problems...

Geez Alex, you look like you've been reading too much globalhousepricecrash forums! :p