"Investors in U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by Australian banks are demanding higher relative yields on concern the country’s property market is overheating." Join discussion...

The Singapore Govt has enacted policies to cool their housing market (the opposite of what Australia has done). Generally sensible policies to reduce speculation. Join discussion...

A good article discussing derivatives ($605 trillion) and how they impact our currency and governments. Join discussion...

LOCAL property investors have become Ponzi borrowers in a market that is 40 per cent overvalued, Morgan Stanley's top strategist says. Join discussion...

"The Labor federal government prevented the Australian economy from falling into a deep recession and a consequent huge rise in unemployment, a group of more than 50 academic economists say." Join discussion...

(PDF) "In the course of a recent Australia Institute study of the downshifting phenomenon, the authors became aware of an apparently widespread propensity of Australians to persist with life situations that are difficult, stressful and exhausting in the belief that the sacrifice will pay off in the longer term. The tendency to endure long hours in unsatisfying jobs was dubbed the ‘Deferred Happiness Syndrome’" Join discussion...

"For many of the young professionals, China's property boom is translating into a decidedly untelegenic lifestyle. As government stimulus funds and eager investors flock to the real estate sector, rents across the nation are soaring." Join discussion...

“House prices have risen by nearly 25 percent over the past two years. Although speculative activity has increased in some areas, at a national level these price increases largely reflect strong economic fundamentals, including robust growth in jobs and incomes, low mortgage rates, steady rates of household formation, and factors that limit the expansion of housing supply in some areas." - Current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, 2005 Join discussion...

OVERSEAS bank investors are becoming increasingly jittery about Australia's housing market. Bank analysts are fielding calls from overseas-fund managers about the sustainability of a surge in prices over the past year. Join discussion...

"Figures from the Bureau of Statistics show that while lending to buy homes in which to live fell a seasonally adjusted 10 per cent in the first four months of the year, lending to property investors rose 11 per cent. In the past year lending to investors rose 30 per cent nationwide, and 20 per cent in NSW" Join discussion...