Property

The fictitious industry created Aussie housing shortage

The fictitious industry created Aussie housing shortage

Tweet 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. ONE of the more...

 

CBA shakedown at the BankWest Saloon

CBA shakedown at the BankWest Saloon

Tweet 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...

 

Commonwealth Bank drives investors into a Storm

Commonwealth Bank drives investors into a Storm

Tweet  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 [Read...

 

The dark side of the Commonwealth Bank Part 1

The dark side of the Commonwealth Bank Part 1

Tweet  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...

 

Tess Lawrence battles NAB over historic Islay House

Tess Lawrence battles NAB over historic Islay House

Tweet  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...

 

In bankruptcy court they hang you before your appeal

In bankruptcy court they hang you before your appeal

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...

 

Occupy the neighbourhood

Occupy the neighbourhood

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...

 

The Government run Australian property market Ponzi scheme

The Government run Australian property market Ponzi scheme

Tweet 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...

 

Australia does have a housing market bubble

Australia does have a housing market bubble

Tweet 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,...

 

The disintegrating Queensland property market

The disintegrating Queensland property market

Tweet 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...

 
 
 
 

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