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OK will have a go....by the time the papers report that a place is going to boom the horse has bolted. For example....to use a example 10 years ago. I was wondering why places like Summer Hill, Croydon, Ashfield, Strathfield were going gang buster. But the stuff on the Bankstown line - i.e...

See my bolded comments....

RedPanda, This might be brainstorming to you....but I have a lot riding on this...so I am not speculating. Over the years I have build my portfolio doing this sort of analysis...so to me it is not a waste of time. In fact to be a successful investor....you need to know all the facts of...

I see little pink piggies with wings flashing their bottoms!:p Here little piggey....here piggey....LOL.;)

Well put.....wow WA lobster cheaper in Dubai???:eek: I smell a rat.....supports my thinking that Australia is rip off capital of the world. We might get paid well....but can't afford to live in our own country.:D

Yes...good news indeed if it made the evening news.... I suspect that this was more than coincidence.....bank PR departments are increasingly more sophisticated and are adept of leading the media to what lies in the horizon...... Will be interesting....I am of the opinion that the NAB will...

Word around the traps is that banks have turned the corner ....they have stopped chasing margins as the number of new lends is dropping and refinances are up. So banks are either preventing churn (via offering discounts up to 1.1% off) and or looking to poach customers. See below...

Yaaaawwwwnnnnnn.......streeeetcccchhh..............now........were you making a point???;)

Okay point taken. So why are food prices in Australia are among the highest in the world? Is it the 8% Woolies margins (3 times other global retails)? Ready to be edmucated. :) Also....I am sick of paying $10-$12 per Kg for bananas...I appreciate the cyclone hit the industry.....but...

I very good point Norm. There is talk the the federal government is going to relax skilled immigration and student visas. There is a feeling that they went too far and number of skilled immigrants and overall immigration has dropped. The feds know that having labour supply is important to...

Welcome to the global economy! I am all for more 457 visas if it means that that curtails inflation.....did you not see the latest unemployment figure of 4.9%. That means we are at full employment...and you ain't likley to find a lot of skilled people among the 4.9%. Do you understand...

Yep....which also means that they will start moving up the manufacturing hierarchy. The will leave things like shoes, clothes, and other low priced items to the Indonesians, Vietnamese, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangledeshis, and Africans as their wages will make it costlier. However, to replace...

Will do Thorpey...thanks for encouragement. Agree with you about rates heading down....the RBA is already indicating they are worried in code. ;) The key is to watch where fixed rates head over the next few months....if they head down then rates are headed down soon. I am also planning to...

Nah....I'll leave it to the professionals like Evand!;) Neither would I....I don't want too many people getting ill on my account! Well....to me that is the start of another cycle. I seems that most people disagree with me. I feel that rates will drop in Aug-Oct 2011 this year. Though I...

Nice Mankini!:eek::D Be careful....Evand maybe around to borrow yours!;) I guess I am putting my money where my mouth is....more properties for me!

Easy......easy....so long as your are wearing a mankini I think it would keep the forum members interested!! On a more serious note talking to quite a few Perth agents....when you mention a commodity boom ....they say Pigs ar$e....even the guys in Hedland and Karratha are saying things have...

Hi All, After watching the hard economic news - jobs, retails sales, housing start, interest rates, and exhange rates....and also the soft economics news - current affairs programs about how families are struggling, power bills, Baby John's march to Canberra to let Jooliaa know how hard it...