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I think that nostalgia plays a part in what people perceive as quality and longevity
Agreed it does.

For any construction or even major maintenance work though it's the old triangle:

Time

Cost

Quality

Pick whichever two you want and the other will be sacrificed to do it. No you can't have all three.

Under present circumstances builders have a huge incentive to get it done quickly so it's not time they're likely to sacrifice. :2twocents
 
There's still going to be areas of appreciating value even as IRs rise. I cashed in my ASX etc holdings mid 2021 before that August peak, bought a Property in August, promptly realised it's aging would cost me a bundle so sold it in March for almost a 20% gain (6 months!).
Affordability is the number one driver of property values don't they say.
 
No surprises here, but ample evidence of why g'mint will continue to pump property values by any means.


An average of 2 homes each, with 65% owning 3 properties. As long as the investments are legal and above board I have no problem with our MPs being smart enough to be able to invest. It would be worrying if our MPs left their wages in the bank, or spent it all and had no investments.

 
No surprises here, but ample evidence of why g'mint will continue to pump property values by any means.

It does kind of lend itself to a conflict of interest, like they will agree to halve the value of their investments, in order to sell them to someone else cheaper.
You would wonder about their intelligence, but admire their benevolence, at their sacrifice for the greater good.
Sounds like a politician, who is there for the good of the country and its constituents, nah they wouldn't last 5 minutes their backs would look like a knife block. ?
 
No surprises here, but ample evidence of why g'mint will continue to pump property values by any means.


Keep pumping up that bubble when you have skin in the bubble.

it's like the Pelosi family where one is a lawmaker and by pure chance the other seems to know the exact perfect time to invest or dump investments...two things are unrelated and it's a conspiracy theory to think otherwise.

Kind of funny that Labour polly's running as the social justice warriors fighting the greedy capitalists have no problem making themselves lords of the land.

BLM the proud "trained communists" also have a taste for million dollar property investments while they burn down small businesses.
 
Keep pumping up that bubble when you have skin in the bubble.

it's like the Pelosi family where one is a lawmaker and by pure chance the other seems to know the exact perfect time to invest or dump investments...two things are unrelated and it's a conspiracy theory to think otherwise.

Kind of funny that Labour polly's running as the social justice warriors fighting the greedy capitalists have no problem making themselves lords of the land.

BLM the proud "trained communists" also have a taste for million dollar property investments while they burn down small businesses.
Cynicism should be the first response to anything that is done in the clown world.
 
An average of 2 homes each, with 65% owning 3 properties. As long as the investments are legal and above board I have no problem with our MPs being smart enough to be able to invest. It would be worrying if our MPs left their wages in the bank, or spent it all and had no investments.

The problem is when they start changing/stacking the system to favour those very investments, which they have.
 
An average of 2 homes each, with 65% owning 3 properties. As long as the investments are legal and above board I have no problem with our MPs being smart enough to be able to invest. It would be worrying if our MPs left their wages in the bank, or spent it all and had no investments.

it would be interesting to see the mortgage status of those houses ( that would be a BIG incentive to manipulate official interest rates , in some cases )
 
The problem is when they start changing/stacking the system to favour those very investments, which they have.
that is human nature , and it is the rare person who can resist that completely ( i doubt we could find 60 senators like that )
 
Not mentioned much here
A key role in Australian RE pricing
don't just think of accommodation ( housing ) properties , the sanctions of Russia will have a LOT of smart people thinking ( Indians , folks of Middle Eastern ethnics , etc. etc. , anyone with big juicy assets there to steal OOPS , i mean freeze/seize )
 
did you see the Italians seized a luxury yacht owned by a Russian who was NOT on any sanctions list
seems he was in a photo with a billionaire who was photographed ( in a different photo ) with Putin

close enough for the Italians
 
don't just think of accommodation ( housing ) properties , the sanctions of Russia will have a LOT of smart people thinking ( Indians , folks of Middle Eastern ethnics , etc. etc. , anyone with big juicy assets there to steal OOPS , i mean freeze/seize )
Remember they are seizing assets of russians with double nationalities as well..better make sure France behaves otherwise my 12y old ute goes straight to the ato to reimburse former french colonies or whatever...
I am in a frantic move to put some assets outaide the moronic west, so if i was Indian or middle eastern, or obviously asian, no way would i bring all my assets here...
 
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