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Of course your post wouldn't have been anywhere near as persausive without that choice and rather predictable closing sentence. :rolleyes: What you're saying makes no sense at all. How many microwaves do you buy in your life? How about whitegoods? Are you picking up new ones every week/month...

Bayview it has nothing to do with population growth - it's the result of poor urban planning. We have among the lowest population densities for big cities. There are many, many cities that have more people than we do on a smaller amount of land and similar lifestyle/quality of life. It's great...

You've lost me. What exactly are we meant to be arguing? Now there are fridges that have water dispensers, ice makers, LED lighting, TV screens, digital thermometers, etc. What's your point? Please stick to the topic at hand.

What decade did microwaves first become popular? Maybe that has something to do with the high price. My parents only purchased one about 10 years ago.

Are we really going to be arguing semantics now? I meant in terms of features and the like, which is what we were discussing - i.e. phones, televisions, cars, computers, household appliances etc are more "advanced" now :rolleyes:

I think you're preaching to the choir Angel. My husband and I have purchased two properties in 10 months and he is just working part-time in retail while completing uni. I am in a pretty average government job. It can be done - I am not disputing that. My argument was regarding the reasoning...

As a PPOR http://somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89547

Yes, specifically the median price :p

If this is how you are going to compare things then it is almost impossible to compare the change in price of any item over time because most items would have changed in quality significantly over several decades. That's why using the "median" is better for this purpose. Also, the median...

No, it's not. You need to compare the mid-point then with the mid-point now. Features are irrelevant.

I just did except it has the luxury of a carport and not an enclosed garage. And it just scraped into our budget by $500 :p

That doesn't make sense. The average price (i.e. median) is meant to be the point at which there are an equal number of properties above that price as there are below. Why does this change just because the features may have now improved? We are still referring to the same thing - a house that is...