Author: Tom Curtis Research Director: Karl Fitzgerald Executive Summary We estimate the Speculative Vacancy Rate for Melbourne in 2010 to be 4.94% or 46,220 of 935,305 properties surveyed. Our Estimated Speculative Vacancy Rate is more than twice the REIV’s Rental Vacancy rate for the same period of 1.7%. The rental vacancy rate is the rate most commonly referred to in … Read More
Buyers Strike Goes Mainstream
Renegade Economists Show 175 Broadcast on 3CR, Wed March 30th Listen to the show Subscribe to the podcast As the Don’t Buy Now campaign hits fever pitch, the Age had our campaign as the lead story for most of the day. Google News Australia ranked the Buyers Strike at no1, as did Yahoo. The day started with David Collyer interviewed … Read More
Buyers Strike Special on air
Renegade Economists radio As broadcast on 3CR, Wednesday March 23rd. Prosper campaigner David Collyer was our featured guest this week as we dissect the energy behind week 1 of the rampaging Home Buyer’s Strike. We have now flown up the GetUp forum’s charts to number 8 with over 1865 votes in 10 days. This is encouraging! A passionate show about … Read More
Don’t Buy Now Campaign launched
Home Buyers Strike Called The Dont Buy Now Home Buyers Strike was launched Tuesday to warn prospective property buyers that now is the worst time to buy a house. The state of the housing market is unfurling at a rate of knots. A mexican standoff is being played out between sellers trying to maintain prices and buyers being hounded to … Read More
Earth Based Economics
“When capitalism started, nature was abundant and capital was scarce; it thus made sense to reward capital above all else. Today we’re awash in capital and literally running out of nature”, Peter Barnes, Capitalism 3.0 “A commons arises whenever a given community decides that it wishes to manage a resource in a collective manner, with special regard for equitable access, … Read More