Today is a testing day for economic democracy with the announcement the Australian Valuation Office will be closed. The office has for 104 years valued our land – and was the cornerstone of the first federal tax office – the…
The Kavanagh Putland Index Dr Gavin Putland Thursday Oct 20th, 6.30pm 1/27 Hardware Lane RSVP pls to this free event. Dr Gavin Putland will analyse the size of the Australian land bubble in the context of previous land booms. This…
photo credit: //endless∞ John Young In all the discussion about the economic crisis and its causes, the part played by land prices is nearly always underrated. The unique character of these prices is usually not even recognised. I am not…
photo credit: rsepulveda The property industry lobby’s reliance on ‘friendly valuations’ is often a source of contention in the valuation industry. The Australian today raises issues with Experts Question Boom Lending Property analyst Michael Matusik yesterday joined the chorus against…
Robert J McAlpine, President Prosper Australia The time for thinkers on economic matters has come! By neglecting the field of property valuation, mainstream economists have missed some of the most important factors in market price determination There exists an almost…