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If negative gearing were abolished and all the future potential investors looked for higher yielding properties as a consequence, could that not possibly push the values of those areas (further out from CBD, fringe suburbs, regionals) up ? This would probably cause more direct competition with...

It does give people more "choice" on what they want to spend it on though, and some will choose to put it into property if it suits them and they want to. I actually agree in a broad general sense with you Hobo that prices are more expensive than they are 30 years ago, but they were probably...

Hey Hobo, Have you got stats for "household" income from 30 years ago compared to today? I wouldn't know where to find it, but this may be more accurate than multiples of the average wage as dual income families probably more the norm today than 30 years ago. Also what about the real...

As a city grows and it's boundaries spread further out, areas that were once on the fringe 30-40 years ago that were cheap and "affordable" to lower income earners may have been seen as the **** end of the universe are now inner/middle ring. It stands to reason that these areas have in real...

Wow! Henry Kaye, I went to that course back in 2003, it actually got me interested in property investment, he made it sound so simple.......

Whether good or bad the herd mentality of keeping up with the Jonses is a big part of driving our property markets....and mothers group discussions... As I get older and watch people (in general) and thier interactions and choices they make it becomes more obvious that we all tend to act more...

Quoted from ABC news online Mr. Bowen apparently said "Our principle would be that people who've invested in good faith with existing rules shouldn't be disadvantaged and anything we do should not take away from new housing stock, which is very important for housing affordability." So by...