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| Thread ID: 139343 | 2015-04-17 22:54:00 | Something is rotten in the state of Auckland ... | ruup (1827) | PC World Chat |
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| 1398787 | 2015-04-20 06:58:00 | This just in from Planet Key.... www.radionz.co.nz I knew John would come up trumps....all is well |
ruup (1827) | ||
| 1398788 | 2015-04-20 07:21:00 | Jon Keyotie is on the warpath good and proper (sort of). My word, he's got those windmills squarely in his sights now. With rhetoric like this, "I think they'll probably find in the next few days they'll be getting a letter from Nick Smith to say that if they don't progress and bring those special housing areas on the the market then those special housing areas will be taken off the market" his intentions are quite clear - - gibberish will be spun at a pace that could stun a hibernating goldfish. Possibly. Or not. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1398789 | 2015-04-20 07:56:00 | "Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Grant Spencer warned the imbalance between housing supply and demand poses an increasing risk to financial and economic stability." I expect even Key understands the basics of supply and demand, however when the demand is almost infinite with current immigration policies, free for all foreign buying, and 2 billion Chinese alone wanting to come here, then it should be obvious that there will never ever be enough supply. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1398790 | 2015-04-20 08:21:00 | I'm against population growth in general, to me it's just rushing to make our lives worse. Growth is a short sighted gain for big business and the world and this country needs to stop gearing it's whole economic system around growth as if it's possible to do it infinitely. In a similar vein I am not familiar with the reasoning behind restricting new land for building in the Auckland region but I'm all for it. If we don't put firm boundaries on the city it'll just keep sprawling until it is totally out of control. NZ is a great place to live precisely because it's not overpopulated and we are not struggling to produce enough resources to live off. Why there's so much push to make it like all the smog laden, overpopulated, polluted countries in the rest of the world is beyond me. What am I going to do about it? Absolutely nothing. I plan to grow old and die before the worst problems get here. As to the government and their dubious skills at managing a budget, politicians all seem like shady dealers & salesmen to me. They all talk a lot and say very little, refuse to give a straight answer to any question, and will happily keep almost all policies that are unpopular enough to have caused whoever brought them in to lose the next election. Seldom does a party actual reverse the work of a previous government in any meaningful way, as long as they didn't introduce a policy it seems they feel they can't be held responsible for it. I am yet to hear a politician from any party talk and think to myself "now there's someone worth voting for". It's more like "well he's not quite as big an ******** as the other guy". |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1398791 | 2015-04-20 10:28:00 | "Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Grant Spencer warned the imbalance between housing supply and demand poses an increasing risk to financial and economic stability." I expect even Key understands the basics of supply and demand, however when the demand is almost infinite with current immigration policies, free for all foreign buying, and 2 billion Chinese alone wanting to come here, then it should be obvious that there will never ever be enough supply. Well put Terr. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1398792 | 2015-04-20 21:21:00 | This just in from Planet Key.... www.radionz.co.nz I knew John would come up trumps....all is well WTF where does he bury his head in the sand if Auckland isn't overpriced? The sand must be as dense as his brain if he thinks that |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1398793 | 2015-04-20 23:01:00 | But the banks are sending record dividends offshore, so it MUST be all good. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1398794 | 2015-04-20 23:12:00 | But the banks are sending record dividends offshore, so it MUST be all good. Well, all the significant banks are Australian owned, and it is only proper, in the spirit of ANZAC, we send all the profits to them. :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1398795 | 2015-04-20 23:44:00 | WTF where does he bury his head in the sand if Auckland isn't overpriced? The sand must be as dense as his brain if he thinks that Its true that the market will self correct, eventually. But JK doesnt seem to get his head around the suffering its causing to average kiwi families in the meantime. The market will correct itself, but at what collateral cost ? When NZ(Ak) is too expensive for av kiwis to live here(rent, power, etc) , what then. Do we all have to leave ? House prices go up to silly amounts, rent cots go up to match. Kiwis cant afford to buy, cant afford to rent, the state has to dip in with handouts just so families can pay rents Saturdays Herald had a page 1 article about a $1M dollar house in Browns Bay. Ive seen that house & section, its nothing special, just a generic 3 room house . How anyone would think its worth $1M is beyond me. Its really a $500K house & section. So how do kiwis compete in the housing market against those foreigners with more money than they know what to do with. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1398796 | 2015-04-21 00:15:00 | Saturdays Herald had a page 1 article about a $1M dollar house in Browns Bay. Ive seen that house & section, its nothing special, just a generic 3 room house . How anyone would think its worth $1M is beyond me. Its really a $500K house & section. So how do kiwis compete in the housing market against those foreigners with more money than they know what to do with. But there must be someone who will receive the $1M and probably a lucky kiwi. that's where you move to somewhere like New plymouth become freehold and enjoy life |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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