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I miss condog
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Magoo

Funny how art imitates life now isn't it

Even when FACTS are presented he still refuses to admit he is wrong. Get out of Sydney and open your eyes.

Yeah - funny how art imitates life isn't it

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/trainspotter

someone who is very interested in trains and spends time going to stations and recording the numbers of the trains that they see
2. (informal) someone who is odd or boring because they are interested in knowing everything about a particular subject, even very small, unimportant details ⇒ ■ He's a rather over-serious disco trainspotter with a record collection instead of a brain., ⇒ ■ They looked like boring, trainspotter types.

Probably zero chance that you are from Sydney or have ever, ever, EVER lived in Sydney or purchased or owned property in Sydney but hey you are the self-professed expert on the Sydney market aren't you !

Sydney has many property markets, it is not just one property market. As Bill M has alluded to : the Northern Beaches is doing its own thing . . . same as many other Sydney Suburbs that may be forging ahead or otherwise.
 

Hey ... I resemble that remark. Describes me to a T

I wrote in post #12714 ...

2) Sydney will be the market that will be corrected to be around 15% IMO. Mainly from the HIGH END market contracting which skewiff sales/pricing data. Rest of the country has already stagnated. Started about 3 years ago.

Not just me saying it either ...


http://www.smh.com.au/business/sydn...terly-drop-in-four-years-20160104-glyy7l.html

More sobering stuff here (and it is suburb specific)

http://www.domain.com.au/news/sydney-house-prices-drop-3-per-cent-domain-group-20160127-gmd7pl/

I have not been specific on Sydney suburbs other than the statement above and I have stated that there are regional property markets (as in NOT Sydney or even NSW) that have dropped over 20% in a 5 year period.

Sydney? Where is Sydney again?







Never been there

I also have a penchant for this ...


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trainspotter

Or are you simply feeling empathy for your namesake Quincy?



Go and talk to this guy .. he lives in Sydney


http://www.wheregroup.com.au/bye-bye-boom-what-happens-next/

(Note the date it was written as well)
 

You mean being self-employed right?

Blue collar people do have it pretty bad man.

The only people who don't get told off are those who's their own boss. But then the boss do have their real boss and if the income aren't constant will also get told off too.

This young bricklayer who did work on my folks house got really upset a couple times because it rained most of the week and he couldn't do his work and can't get pay and his wife was giving him a hard time because they're all stressed.

I did work for my father as a signwriter and we generally get good and fair customers - the pay is also pretty decent too. But some customers, especially the wives of the "professional" ones, can be a bit much sometime.

But yea, blue or white collar... you can choose to not put up with people's crap. Money can be made at other jobs.
 

It takes a real man to appreciate fine machines and great engineering. Something only real men would appreciate I guess.

I might not be that much of a man but I've been on Sydney's latest train fleet when they were testing it. Was probably about 7AM and I was up at 5 that day but to hear it whizzed to life man... Something you don't forget.

Best part of going overseas was walking up and along those 737s like you do in Thailand with Air Asia.

As to the old trains... saw a real one at that museum in Darling Harbour... how do you not be amazed by it?
 
60 Minutes CH 9 this Sunday are claiming house prices are facing a 50% down turn...Be interesting to see what they have to say..
 
If it is on 60 minutes it must be true.

Better sell now before it is toooooooooooo late. ha ha ha Well before Sunday and the rest of the population freaks out.

Cheers
Yes it a broad, sweeping statement. I doubt, if it is true, the whole Australian property market will experience this. Who is making the call and what credibility they have should reveal more.

p.s. - my house goes on the market tomorrow.
 
If it is on 60 minutes it must be true.

Better sell now before it is toooooooooooo late. ha ha ha Well before Sunday and the rest of the population freaks out.

Cheers
Joke aside, the fact that 60 minutes release that type of "info-entertaiment" means the "majority" ois ready for it; this is just a reflection of the current psyche
 
60 Minutes CH 9 this Sunday are claiming house prices are facing a 50% down turn...Be interesting to see what they have to say..
What did you think of that story? I think using a mining town (boom/bust cycles) as an example of what could happen is unrealistic. Moranbah, can you believe it. Poor lending practices and 10% unemployment would trigger such an event and like the property nostradamus said 'not if but when'. Wake me up when it starts.
 
Poor lending practices

That is the only thing that was valid. How wide spread are such poor lending practices regardless of location, actually if the banks are willing to lend in high risk area with no equity, then what has their lending regime been like in the major cities?

I can only deduce that if 50% of loans are interest only and we have tapped every conceivable source of funds to pump into the property sector, it will be had to show the gains that have occurred in previous years, mind you in the long term I can only see property going up while we have population growth.
 
If it is on 60 minutes it must be true.

Better sell now before it is toooooooooooo late. ha ha ha Well before Sunday and the rest of the population freaks out.

Cheers

60 Minutes has gone so far downhill it's nothing like the original show, that story was absolute rubbish the "expert" they had was wearing a t shirt and looked like he needed a bath.
The town they chose was not a typical example of what going on out there.
I never watch that show anymore but thought I'd have a look because of the subject matter.....
There probably will be a downturn and a big one but that story was so bad it was cringeworthy.
 
Agree there was suppose to be a down turn in USA R E ....but it never happened
 
I liked the bit when the bimbo was complaining that the bank lent her 6MIL, it was all the banks fault, what a joke she was.
 

I agree using Moranbah was a bit weak. I looked up the top 20 suburbs for mortgage defaults and Moranbah wasn't even there.

However, I do wonder if this means that 60 Minutes is early to the topic. Perhaps Moranbah will play a role in triggering a domino effect?

It was interesting to hear about the lending practices and the significant drop in prices of some property, I think it is a bit of a wake up call for people who think property can never go down. Also thought it was funny how if these people had made (a tonne of) money, they'd be boasting about how smart they were, but when they lose money they seemed to shift the blame onto someone else (ie. the bank shouldn't have lent me that money).
 
CH 9 news Tuesday night has a story about houses selling some where for 30K ...So wait until they come down
 
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