http://www.domain.com.au/news/foreign-buyers-account-for-1-per-cent-of-australian-home-sales-new-research-20150902-gjdycq/
Chinese housing purchases only make up 2%.
Just because someone's Asian people make the huge assumption that they are 'foreigners'.
You never pay in stages in NSW, you pay 10% for deposit and the rest on settlement. The deposit is essentially putting in equity into the house and yes, prevents the vendor from selling at a profit (express trust etc). There is a risk involved in quality of the building, but if they dont abide...
Julian Assange was accused of rape in sweden.
Sweden's legal definition of sexual assault is VERY VERY loose, even encompassing 'sexual unfreedom'.
You can't compare crime statistics across borders, especially countries with very different legal systems and state security. Australia may have...
oh noes, they don't bbq or care about the one day we celebrate a loss of a battle almost 100 years old that has nothing to do with their own ancestors :( So unaustralian.
The only reason most aussies care is because they can humble-brag about that obscure ancestor who fought in wars.
The...
Re: Tony Abott
I think the same people who are raising issues with treatment of asylum seekers are the same people who do raise issues about treatment of aboriginals, especially those in police custody.
Australia isn't 'left leaning' these days. You know when was our largest refugee intake...
Re: Tony Abott
You mean how there are multiple reports of sexual assaults and issues of depression amongst kids in the detention centre? You mean maybe the guards we paid are doing jack shit in ensuring security, you know one of the duties we have? You mean how the govt is threatening to jail...
Re: Tony Abott
Australia should be held to a higher standard. We signed UN conventions and it's fucking stupid to back out of it.
the whole asylum seeker issue is mickey mouse bullshit to gain bogan votes. zomgs were getting flooded by refos!
Re: Tony Abott
Considering most refugees don't really need to get on a boat and come all the way here...
Top kek qantas posted billion dollar profits. Top kek qantas isn't even a government enterprise.
Godwins law.
5k isn't the deposit.
There's 2 'contracts' to off the plan.
the 5k is the 'deposit' to the deposit. It just secures the sales of land contract for you. You pay the balance of the rest of the off-the plan deposit (10% less the $5000 usually) in 14 days. If you fail to pay that developer can...
Because a lot of information is published
Take this unit for example
http://www.domain.com.au/property-profile/1-8-nola-road-roseville-nsw-2069
Bought in 2011 for 1.1M, sold in 2015 for 1.16m. Only 60k capital gains in 4 years. Not exactly stellar.
This one even lost money...
Wrong. Just use Domain's price guide and it gives you sales numbers. Some people have bought above market rates previously and their asset has not grown at all EVEN in the north shore eg chatswood, roseville, killara etc. It's a fallacy to think just because median price has gone up doesn't mean...