bubble

While I stopped buying in Sydney more than a year ago, I still reckon it's got some steam left in this cycle and am curious to hear what others think. This is part of a learning process for me; a combination of analysing data and trends (local, national and international), observing investor...

The New Zealand Reserve Bank announced yesterday that investors buying properties in Auckland city will require a 30% deposit if a mortgage is wanted from a commercial bank (eg ANZ, Westpac etc). A 20% deposit was introduced last year nationwide. This is scheduled to apply from October this...

Hi Guys, My wife and I need a place of our own in Darwin. This is less a financial decision, more an emotional one. We love Darwin and will be staying. Still....I don't want to go financially under just to get a roof either. The Darwin market is slowing down. The mining boom is ending...

Hi I'm new here so go easy on me :) In fact it's my first ever forum post of any forum. My wife and I recently went unconditional on a contract for sale of our house in a Brisbane suburb. I've had a lot of friends and work colleagues telling me now is the wrong time to rent and we should look to...

This is a shot of a pile of books outside an Oxfam charity shop in Ealing. I'm tempted to go and pick it up to see what predictions were being made a few years back, and compare with how things panned out.