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Don’t believe the industry hype, new data shows Australia is not suffering from a housing shortage — skyrocketing house prices are more likely to be from debt funded real estate speculation, writes Philip Soos.
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18 July, 2012 12:01 am / 1 comment
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In the final part of this three-part series on the corrupt and unconscionable practices of the Commonwealth Bank, Associate Professor Evan Jones looks at the ruthless manner the CBA has foreclosed and cleaned out over 1,000 former BankWest...
5 April, 2012 12:01 am / no comments
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Associate Professor Evan Jones continues his exposé on the Commonwealth Bank and its shady subsidiaries and partners, including an analysis of the Storm Financial debacle.
The dark side of the Commonwealth Bank – Part Two
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4 April, 2012 12:01 am / no comments
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The Commonwealth Bank has been in the news recently over allegations it wrongly defaulted and foreclosed over 1,000 for BankWest customers. This should come as no surprise, according to Associate Professor Evan Jones, who writes...
3 April, 2012 12:01 am / 1 comment
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A scheduled auction of Woodend’s historic but rundown Islay House, set for February 11, has been deferred as a battle is played out between owner, [Independent Australia contributing editor-at-large] Tess Lawrence and McKean...
12 February, 2012 1:01 pm / 2 comments
TweetWhen you are declared bankrupt, the court doesn’t wait for the appeals process to be exhausted before it allows your possessions to be taken — or trashed. Brigid O’Carroll Walsh from The Network reports on IA contributing editor-at-large...
2 February, 2012 8:09 pm / no comments
TweetAn electronic database called MERS has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Ellen Brown from Truthout reports.
John O’Brien is register of deeds for Southern Essex County, Massachusetts. He is mad...
16 January, 2012 12:01 am / no comments
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TOP 10 IA STORIES OF 2011
Classic economic theory is ripe for debunking. Managing editor David Donovan, who has worked for two decades all over the world as an accountant and finance analyst turned his gaze on the overripe Australian property...
22 December, 2011 8:16 pm / no comments
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It’s one of the mostly hotly debated topics surrounding property: do Australia’s high residential prices constitute a bubble? Yes, says Phillip Soos, researcher at Deakin University’s School of International and Political Studies,...
17 December, 2011 2:54 pm / no comments
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The property market has never looked worse, says Tim Badrick, especially in South-East Queensland.
From first-hand experience, I know that the real estate market across Australia – but especially in flood ravaged and penny-pinching...
29 May, 2011 12:55 am / 4 comments