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Off-the-plan panic at the chocolate factory

  • 10/12/2019
  • Author Jimmy-T

Allegtions of “shape-shifting’ have raised their ugly face again, with a tale of off-the-plan owners not getting what they thought they had paid for when they finally moved into their new…

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    Property investments – experts say ‘go big’

    • 05/11/2019
    • Author Jimmy-T

    With mortgage interest levels at an all-time low and apartment prices yet to reach the heights of a few years ago, there may never be a better time to take…

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      Flat Chat Wrap #21: Property prices panic and the latest developer rort

      • 24/04/2019
      • Author Jimmy-T

      With property prices plummeting across our major cities, JimmyT and Sue Williams identify where apartment values are plummeting, where they’re holding and where off-the-plan purchasers are being told they can’t…

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        Hidden dangers lurking in shonky strata records

        • 08/07/2019
        • Author Jimmy-T

        This weekend, the Flat Chat column in the Financial Review will be about how to avoid buying an apartment in a dodgy building. In it, I discuss the importance of…

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          Property prices – are you predator or prey?

          • 21/12/2018
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          With house and apartment prices falling – to the extent that some people who bought off-the-plan at the height of the boom are potentially looking at negative equity –opportunists are…

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            Roundup: Doing it tough in the Old Dart too

            • 30/05/2017
            • Author JD Thomson

            On a working trip to the UK, I am struck by a story that featured on the TV news this morning about housing affordability. Yep, it’s happening over here too.…

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              Flat Chat: ‘Ghost’ flats proposal running on empty

              • 05/05/2017
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              As much as we are appalled at the thought of brand new apartments lying empty for years, the proposal to tax ‘ghost’ investments – first touted by Labor then slotted…

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                Airbnb: Free Money and Castles in the Air

                • 27/02/2017
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                Airbnb and the battle for your block: Part 2 Last week Jimmy Thomson looked at the growth of Airbnb and the opportunity and potential threats it presents to apartment residents.…

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                  Rant: Time we jailed serial ‘phoenix’ developers?

                  • 04/03/2016
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                  A couple of stories have come to my attention in the past couple of days that, frankly, have me lurching from rage to revulsion. In both cases, highly profitable development…

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