Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
Jan 16th 2010, 9:12 pm
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Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
Go ahead and blame the migrants....
I mean, I am sure there are some but....how many migrants do you know who arrived within the past 5 years can afford to buy 5 houses?
http://www.news.com.au/money/propert...-1225820461473
I mean, I am sure there are some but....how many migrants do you know who arrived within the past 5 years can afford to buy 5 houses?
http://www.news.com.au/money/propert...-1225820461473
Jan 16th 2010, 9:30 pm
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
Thats the most weakly argued piece I've read in the last few days. The number of visas went up in a five year period and so did the house prices, therefore the migrants are to blame. Nope.
What more to might truthful is to suggest that there is an infrastructure crisis which makes only a tiny proportion of our country desirable to live in and way too many people wanting to live there.
But heck - why let facts get in the way of a good migrant bashing.
What more to might truthful is to suggest that there is an infrastructure crisis which makes only a tiny proportion of our country desirable to live in and way too many people wanting to live there.
But heck - why let facts get in the way of a good migrant bashing.
Jan 16th 2010, 10:32 pm
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
My aussie FIL in melbs latest rant is the Chinese have bought all our houses 
however he plans to sell soon and hopes one of them will pay him a couple of mill for his place 
however he plans to sell soon and hopes one of them will pay him a couple of mill for his place
Jan 16th 2010, 11:12 pm
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
Go ahead and blame the migrants....
I mean, I am sure there are some but....how many migrants do you know who arrived within the past 5 years can afford to buy 5 houses?
http://www.news.com.au/money/propert...-1225820461473
I mean, I am sure there are some but....how many migrants do you know who arrived within the past 5 years can afford to buy 5 houses?
http://www.news.com.au/money/propert...-1225820461473
Jan 17th 2010, 4:51 am
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
I posted a comment. I strongly doubt they'll publish it however, so here it is:
The weakest, most pathetic and illogical article I've read in a long time. House prices have gone up, the number of skilled migrants arriving has gone up too. Therefore, skilled migrants are the cause?
Guess what? The number of male circumcisions carried out over the last 10 years has risen year-on-year too. So by your infantile logic - circumcised boys are the cause of rising house prices.
Or here's a good one. The number of homeless people has fallen by 5,000 over the last 10 years. Therefore it's those idiot homeless people who've caused the house price rises over the last decade.
Or how about this one. The prison population has risen by 50% over the last 10 years - therefore criminals are the reason house prices has risen.
Honestly, what a crock. How about you start employing real journalists and not naive simpletons whose only skill is 80wpm and a degree in fiction.
Guess what? The number of male circumcisions carried out over the last 10 years has risen year-on-year too. So by your infantile logic - circumcised boys are the cause of rising house prices.
Or here's a good one. The number of homeless people has fallen by 5,000 over the last 10 years. Therefore it's those idiot homeless people who've caused the house price rises over the last decade.
Or how about this one. The prison population has risen by 50% over the last 10 years - therefore criminals are the reason house prices has risen.
Honestly, what a crock. How about you start employing real journalists and not naive simpletons whose only skill is 80wpm and a degree in fiction.
Jan 17th 2010, 5:06 am
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
I posted a comment. I strongly doubt they'll publish it however, so here it is:
The weakest, most pathetic and illogical article I've read in a long time. House prices have gone up, the number of skilled migrants arriving has gone up too. Therefore, skilled migrants are the cause?
Guess what? The number of male circumcisions carried out over the last 10 years has risen year-on-year too. So by your infantile logic - circumcised boys are the cause of rising house prices.
Or here's a good one. The number of homeless people has fallen by 5,000 over the last 10 years. Therefore it's those idiot homeless people who've caused the house price rises over the last decade.
Or how about this one. The prison population has risen by 50% over the last 10 years - therefore criminals are the reason house prices has risen.
Honestly, what a crock. How about you start employing real journalists and not naive simpletons whose only skill is 80wpm and a degree in fiction.
Guess what? The number of male circumcisions carried out over the last 10 years has risen year-on-year too. So by your infantile logic - circumcised boys are the cause of rising house prices.
Or here's a good one. The number of homeless people has fallen by 5,000 over the last 10 years. Therefore it's those idiot homeless people who've caused the house price rises over the last decade.
Or how about this one. The prison population has risen by 50% over the last 10 years - therefore criminals are the reason house prices has risen.
Honestly, what a crock. How about you start employing real journalists and not naive simpletons whose only skill is 80wpm and a degree in fiction.
Jan 17th 2010, 5:24 am
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...se#post7993540
Jan 17th 2010, 6:10 am
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
Go ahead and blame the migrants....
I mean, I am sure there are some but....how many migrants do you know who arrived within the past 5 years can afford to buy 5 houses?
http://www.news.com.au/money/propert...-1225820461473
I mean, I am sure there are some but....how many migrants do you know who arrived within the past 5 years can afford to buy 5 houses?
http://www.news.com.au/money/propert...-1225820461473
) need an excuse they can use to make out their is substance to their long term double digit growth forecasts.I give them a single digit
They arent crossed digits
Jan 17th 2010, 6:31 am
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
You can set expenses for letting against tax in the UK.
Not sure what the guy quoted in the article meant. He said something about being able to set rental losses against tax in Australia, whatever that means, but not in the UK.
Not sure what the guy quoted in the article meant. He said something about being able to set rental losses against tax in Australia, whatever that means, but not in the UK.
Jan 17th 2010, 6:40 am
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
Also here once you have owned the property for more than a year your capital gains tax amount is halved on selling.
Jan 17th 2010, 8:58 am
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
I posted a comment. I strongly doubt they'll publish it however, so here it is:
The weakest, most pathetic and illogical article I've read in a long time. House prices have gone up, the number of skilled migrants arriving has gone up too. Therefore, skilled migrants are the cause?
Guess what? The number of male circumcisions carried out over the last 10 years has risen year-on-year too. So by your infantile logic - circumcised boys are the cause of rising house prices.
Or here's a good one. The number of homeless people has fallen by 5,000 over the last 10 years. Therefore it's those idiot homeless people who've caused the house price rises over the last decade.
Or how about this one. The prison population has risen by 50% over the last 10 years - therefore criminals are the reason house prices has risen.
Honestly, what a crock. How about you start employing real journalists and not naive simpletons whose only skill is 80wpm and a degree in fiction.
Guess what? The number of male circumcisions carried out over the last 10 years has risen year-on-year too. So by your infantile logic - circumcised boys are the cause of rising house prices.
Or here's a good one. The number of homeless people has fallen by 5,000 over the last 10 years. Therefore it's those idiot homeless people who've caused the house price rises over the last decade.
Or how about this one. The prison population has risen by 50% over the last 10 years - therefore criminals are the reason house prices has risen.
Honestly, what a crock. How about you start employing real journalists and not naive simpletons whose only skill is 80wpm and a degree in fiction.
Jan 17th 2010, 9:02 am
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Re: Expensive real estate blamed on immigrants....
I love the quote about the Pom becoming obsessed with buying property after arriving here, thats the reason most come in the first place
