Pretend to be someone else and you’ll end up with someone else’s life. “You don’t look like an economist!” I take that as a compliment these days. I like to think I don’t look like an economist. That’s not really a style I’m going for. I don’t walk into the hair salon, and say, “Something […]
Property Affordability: So how do I buy a house, Grandma? [Part 3]
I’ve been getting a great response to this series so far. A lot of young people have told me how refreshing it is that someone finally understands how hard it is to buy a house these days (which I proved in PART 1), and my analysis of The Big Five really opened their eyes to the […]
Property Affordability: How Did House Prices Get So Expensive? [Part 2]
On Tuesday, I showed you that young people are actually not smooshed avocado eating hipster whingers. (Who would have thought?) I showed you some amazing charts that prove just how much harder the property market is for young people these days. (If you missed it, Part 1 in this series is here.) Before I can help […]
Property Affordability: BS or Reality? My take on it… [Part 1]
As a successful property investor and as someone who has done their time in the trenches of the market, people expect me to side with the “Harden-up Kids” brigade – with the people who think that the only thing young people need to help them buy a house is a teaspoon of concrete and a […]