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10/03/2014

“The Marginal Buyer Of Sydney And Melbourne Real Estate Has Changed”

“The Marginal Buyer Of Sydney And Melbourne Real Estate Has Changed” Investment bank ‘ Credit Suisse ’ couldn’t have coined it better when they asserted; "The marginal buyer of Sydney...

24/02/2014

The Tale of One Auction – and its impact on the ‘Welfare State’

The Tale of One Auction – and its impact on the ‘Welfare State’ A few weeks ago, I attended an auction in a popular suburb of Melbourne’s inner east The home was an attractive four-bedroom...

15/02/2014

Inequality and economic growth…

Inequality and economic growth… To a limited extent inequality and the ‘rich/poor’ gap is tolerated within society because economists have historically seen it as a necessary platform to stimulate...

3/02/2014

The Question the Government must agree to, before the Senate Enquiry into Housing Affordability can commence.

The Question the Government must agree to, before the Senate Enquiry into Housing Affordability can commence. As the deadline for the senate enquiry into housing affordability approaches, some notable submissions...

20/01/2014

The debate over whether housing is, or isn’t ‘affordable' continues...

I’m know I’m not alone in feeling an immense amount of frustration at the circular debate amongst commentators in the mainstream media, that surrounds our first homebuyer demographic, and the question of...

13/01/2014

Debating the ‘housing shortage’…..

Debating the ‘housing shortage’….. Do we have housing shortage? It’s a well spruiked ‘fact’ that Australia has a ‘housing shortage.’ I frame the word in italics...

17/12/2013

Another senate enquiry into housing affordability – but what’s happened since the last?

Another senate enquiry into housing affordability – but what’s happened since the last? In the final hours of Federal Parliament for 2013, Labor Senator Jan McLucas succeeded in establishing an enquiry by...

10/12/2013

House Market Planning Insanity

Two articles which caught my attention last week were Chris Vedelago’s excellent piece on Melbourne’s outer suburban estates where buyers who previously committed to a ‘house and land’...

10/12/2013

The Realities of a Tough Housing Market Terrain

The Realities of a Tough Housing Market Terrain It’s not been the easiest of times for the local high-street real estate agency over the past two years. Following a long period during which healthy...

9/12/2013

Housing – apparently the only item than can be both affordable and unaffordable at the same time….

Housing – apparently the only item than can be both affordable and unaffordable at the same time…. The latest affordability index by the Adelaide Bank and Real Estate Institute of Australia has once...

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Catherine worked tirelessly in finding me a great property at a good price. She did things that I wouldn't have done (hours and hours of legwork) and more importantly, couldn't have done (organising the purchase before anyone else had even put in an offer). When I was ready to give up, Catherine kept working. I'm certain that I never would have been able to buy the same property within 10k of what we eventually settled at.... David

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Catherine Cashmore has accrued many years experience working in the Australian real estate market. She is President of Australia's oldest economics organisation (Prosper Australia) and has lectured widely on the real estate cycle and the economics of land.

it's this knowledge that sets Cashmore & Co apart from other real estate agencies.

Cashmore & Co won't 'spruik' the market, or try and convince you that it's always a good time to buy.

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You can’t help but accrue this kind of on-the-ground knowledge when you’re involved with literally dozens of purchases and sales each year.(And also when you have a rare knowledge of the long-term property cycle as your framework.)

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About Catherine

Catherine Cashmore

Owner & Director

Catherine Cashmore has been working in the Australian real estate market for over 14 years.

Originally from the UK, and having also lived in the US, Catherine has extensive experience across a range of international real estate markets.

As a buyer and seller advocate, Catherine has assisted hundreds of home buyers, investors, and developers, find, assess, and negotiate, quality real estate for great prices throughout Australia.

She is President of Australia's oldest economics organisation, Prosper Australia - an organisation that has conducted vast amounts of research into the economics of land, market cycles, and the intricacies of how tax and government policy affect the markets.

Catherine is a regular and highly respected media commentator. She has often been called upon to guest lecture at universities and educational institutions (including RMIT and Sydney University) on how tax policy affects the real estate market, the design of cities, and the economy.

She is the editor of Fat Tail Investment Research's Cycles, Trends, & Forecasts, Catherine Cashmore's Land Cycle Investor, and Catherine Cashmore's Real Estate Wealth Course – publications that teach real estate and stock market investors about the land cycle, its impact on the economy, and how to create wealth from property and stocks using this knowledge.

She is also one of the former editors of the extremely popular The Daily Reckoning Australia (or the ‘DR’ as it's affectionately known to its 60,000 subscribers). The DR is an independent financial news broadcaster that has been in the business of reporting financial trends that shape the economy since 1999.

Previously authoring the annual ‘Speculative Vacancies’ report, the only study in the world that analyses long-term vacant housing based on water usage data (Australia-focused), Catherine has an in-depth knowledge of the Australian real estate market and economic environment few can rival.

You can contact Catherine directly on 0458 143 089 or at cc@cashmoreco.com.au

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