Terry Ryder
Accurate price data or useless information? Why property price data leads to misinformed debate
Most of the price data that clutters up the airways is essentially useless information. Boffins sitting in an office in Paris look at a numb…
Housing rhetoric becoming less rational
With each passing week, the rhetoric on housing issues becomes less and less rational. On topics such as affordability and negative gearing,…
Tony Abbott is absolutely right on house prices: Terry Ryder
Tony Abbott is absolutely right. There’s something I never imagined I would ever say, but the Prime Minister is spot on with his comments …
Better in the bank than on Brisbane inner-city apartments: Terry Ryder
It’s sadly typical of real estate investment that the most popular places for buyers are also the worst places to buy. Investors are pilin…
Diversity is the most important word in property investment: Ryder
Greenvale is a mining town 220 kilometres north-west of Townsville. Or it used to be. Once it had a population of 3000. Today it barely exis…
Why the economists keep misreading the real estate market: Terry Ryder
AMP’s chief economist Shane Oliver says “Australian property prices are over-valued” and that “rising house prices” are making Aus…
There’s more to a great investment than proximity to the CBD: Terry Ryder
I imagine there will always be people who see the CBD as the beacon for all things real estate. They are the diehards who measure property i…
Sydney’s price boom isn’t about interest rates: Terry Ryder
Do the economists and journalists who attribute Sydney’s busy market to low interest rates ever wonder why other cities aren’t pumping? …
Caution – inhaling real estate agent’s words may be dangerous to your financial health: Terry Ryder
Consumers should always treat the words of real estate agents and their representative bodies with caution. Many of the grubbiest aspects of…
Reality check – we don’t have a national property boom: Terry Ryder
The anguish – in some cases, outrage – expressed in media about the so-called national property boom verges on farcical. The tone and conten…
