Comments on: Rental yields a fools gold: but don’t tell the AFR http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/rental-yields-a-fools-gold-but-dont-tell-the-afr/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/rental-yields-a-fools-gold-but-dont-tell-the-afr/#comment-17942 Rob Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17942 "Woolloomooloo is an exclusive harbour-side suburb" - sure, but it also hosts a few blocks of public housing and the Matthew Talbot Hostel. <br /><br />The median of a $1million waterfront property and a $150,00 bed-sit is not much more than half a million - and about as misleading as statistics can be.<br /> “Woolloomooloo is an exclusive harbour-side suburb” - sure, but it also hosts a few blocks of public housing and the Matthew Talbot Hostel.

The median of a $1million waterfront property and a $150,00 bed-sit is not much more than half a million - and about as misleading as statistics can be.

]]> By: Rob Kilgore http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/rental-yields-a-fools-gold-but-dont-tell-the-afr/#comment-17943 Rob Kilgore Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17943 Woolloomooloo is not the exclusive haven many would think -once you move away from the water there are plenty of units selling for less than $300k. Renters love the area because it is so close to everything and investors are mostly targeting this more affordable housing stock. As the urban renewal continues and demographic mix improves this areas will become all the more popular. Woolloomooloo is not the exclusive haven many would think -once you move away from the water there are plenty of units selling for less than $300k. Renters love the area because it is so close to everything and investors are mostly targeting this more affordable housing stock. As the urban renewal continues and demographic mix improves this areas will become all the more popular.

]]> By: gARy joHnSOn http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/09/rental-yields-a-fools-gold-but-dont-tell-the-afr/#comment-17944 gARy joHnSOn Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17944 ((((Another day, another bemusing set of real estate data, and another mainstream media outlet looking on the bright side))))<br /><br />when i see da story in da newspaper which says dis suburb or dat suburb is goin up in value i wonder which realestate rep from which agency has phoned up da newspaper and reminded da editor about da advertising revenues dat are desperately needed by his paper. could it be dat simple?///?? gimme another reason<br /> ((((Another day, another bemusing set of real estate data, and another mainstream media outlet looking on the bright side))))

when i see da story in da newspaper which says dis suburb or dat suburb is goin up in value i wonder which realestate rep from which agency has phoned up da newspaper and reminded da editor about da advertising revenues dat are desperately needed by his paper. could it be dat simple?///?? gimme another reason

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