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Australia's City Centric Culture and Failure to Decentralise
What Did The Recent Grattan Review “Mapping Australia’s Economy” Really Reveal? By Catherine Cashmore “Too many workers live too far away to fulfil our cities’ economic potential”...
Five years on since the US recession ‘officially’ ended in June 2009....
By - Catherine Cashmore Five years on since the US recession ‘officially’ ended in June 2009, urban land prices are rising, the pattern of history is repeating, and this time, the players on the...
"By hoarding housing, the rich pay less, while the poor pay more"
By: Catherine Cashmore (Short article written for Property Observer – covering items made in detail else where on this blog.) I was contacted twice last week to comment on news stories that...
Capitalism, Democracy and Land
Capitalism, Democracy and Land By Catherine Cashmore Protests that continue to erupt across the country against the Federal budget consist of two sectors. Those who are disadvantaged through cuts to government...
The Budget – The Consequence - The Housing Market & The Next Generation
The Budget – The Consequence Last week, Joe Hockey stood up in front of Parliament and on behalf of the Abbott administration, announced; ''The age of entitlement is over. It has to be replaced, not with the...
Economic Nonsense - ICAC investigations - And The Inevitable Consequence For A Future Generation Of Renters And Homebuyers.
Economic Nonsense - ICAC investigations - And The Inevitable Consequence For A Future Generation Of Renters And Homebuyers. As we approach the Federal budget, once again we have to endure another round of...
Our Interrelated Property Cycles - easy ‘windfall’ gains – but, what’s the Consequence?
Our Interrelated Property Cycles - easy ‘windfall’ gains – but, what’s the Consequence? Take a cursory look through the international press and reports on housing related matters, and it could...
A Look At The Market Through Foreign Eyes
A Look At The Market Through Foreign Eyes I had the good fortune to meet two investors from Dallas Texas last week - visiting in part, to survey the Australian real estate terrain and in return, provide a unique...
Legally Underquoting? How Agents Get Away With It
Legally Underquoting? How Agents Get Away With It Anyone in who has searched though one of the online real estate websites recently, will understand the frustration experienced when price quotes are...
People Power and Housing – Centre, Left, and Right.
People Power and Housing – Centre, Left, and Right. The protests that washed across major cities and towns a few days ago, covered a wide variety of issues, yet underlying them all is dissatisfaction with both...