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March 30 2013 http://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/aussies-are-160bn-ahead-on-mortgages/story-fncq3era-1226609151657 AUSTRALIAN families are now $160 billion ahead on their mortgages, squirreling away an extra $30 billion since the start of the GFC. Westpac's chief product...

The question of what would happen if interests rates go to 8% is quite simplistic. A few more relevant questions are, how how long will it take to 8%, what will the economy be doing between now and then, how can people with mortgages mitigate the risks should they occur? A few ways the...

It's not about what you posted in the tread it's about the chart in the thread, in that while the data can be correct it can also be misleading. Good to see you agree with my point that there are no statistics to measure FHB that start out as investors then turn their investment into their...

The article I linked to set out that from around Oct. 2012 FHB Stats were flawed with only counting FHB that claimed grants. And as you have said This one is clearly being driven primarily be investors with their finance beating OOs for first time in history of the data series. OOs did...

You neglected to point out that this data is flawed, a typical example of lies,damn lies and statistics. Are first-home buyers really being priced out of the housing market? It appears not ? not to the extent that we have been told anyway...

More one step analysis, a landlord may improve the property to improve the rental return and not be taxed on this as per neKs post. Not a tax regime that will ever happen.

Oh, we get it, in a fantasy world rents don't go up because only the eqilibrium between existing OO/investors is considered. In the real world, factors such as a fast growing population have to be considered. What is your real world outlook?

It's simple maths if there is no change to the population. Australias population is growing around the 1.7%pa rate, how does that effect your simple maths?