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Comment on Here comes GFC 2 by Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:52:57 +0000

Hi Saskia

Thanks for your thoughts. I am not trying to deaden consumer confidence. My objective behind these posts ot to awaken Australians to the world around them so that the do not fall prey opf any further GFC. Far too may people are too focused on their day to day and can’t or don’t see the bigger picture. My role is to open their eyes.

Comment on When sharks pose as real estate agents by Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:13:17 +0000

Hi Adam!

That figure was given to me by a friend who’s mostly working in the coastal regions of QLD, unfortunately I can’t be more specific.

On a national level, the highest depreciation seems to have occurred in Perth and Brisbane both showing high single digit losses overall. With stamp duty concessions in NSW now over, you might also see a drop in prices there as buyer demand recedes over the first quarter of 2012.

Hope this offers a bit of insight.

Regards,

Greg

Comment on When sharks pose as real estate agents by Adam Coates

Adam Coates — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:38:32 +0000

Where’s the property that’s 50% of the sale price? I’d like those!

Comment on Here comes GFC 2 by Saskia Rickards

Saskia Rickards — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:16:39 +0000

What you talk of above is widely accepted already, but only serves to create a further lack in consumer confidence. The poignant discussions to have right now involve finding out what steps are assisting people in other countries to thrive during these difficult times and how we can learn from this. And there are those out there who are thriving during the downturn.
The increased use of credit in society has only served to create a much larger economic bubble that is ready to burst. What are the sensible investments to make during the next few years?

Comment on How the GFC 2 will impact your Christmas this year. by Deborah Masters

Deborah Masters — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:50:50 +0000

Hi Greg,
Absolutely love this post. As a family we had a meeting and set up a ” no present xmas” about nine years ago. I have to tell you that the reaction from seemingly intelligent people absolutely amazed me. Apart from being called the very obvious “scrooge”, I even had people going behind my back to my teenagers and telling them that I was a bad mother to not be buying them presents. My children who were older teenagers were flabbergasted that these so called intelligent Australians could not understand why we did this. Apart from the moral dilemma of knowing that globally there are those who cannot feed themselves, we could not understand the need to stress our minds and our bank balances to buy others gifts that they did not need. And worse still we were accepting gifts that we did not need from people who clearly could not afford to spend so much money. When we looked at it, the whole thing did not seem logical in any way. We now make xmas about being with family and having fun. We let others have the stress. People still think that we are a bit strange but over the last nine years we have had plenty of people join us once they see how unstressful, relaxing and financially viable it is to make xmas a time of joyful relaxation, enjoying a meal, catching up with others and having lots of laughs. Life is not easy as it is without making it all worse for a new toy. I too am constantly amazed that people in Australia think that they are untouchable in the financial crisis that is to come. A flat screen TV wont fill your belly. Good on you for having a say
Deborah

Comment on How the GFC 2 will impact your Christmas this year. by Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:26:49 +0000

Hi Adam

Yes it is definitely a gee up to awaken Australians as to the coming GFC2. Let’s call it tough love because no one else has the guts to make the call.

Thanks for your comment.

Kind Regards,

Greg

Comment on How the GFC 2 will impact your Christmas this year. by Adam Coates

Adam Coates — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:28:03 +0000

Is that a gee up to get a reaction? Though I see the underlying truth.

Comment on Building Conversations by Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:46:58 +0000

Merrilyn,
We are currently working to have the templates back up on our site within two weeks. To make it easier for you we will send you an email when the templates are live again.
Regards,
Greg

Comment on More on why we hate banks: a personal story by Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:45:39 +0000

Excellent Fred!
Great stuff, we will be recommending the site on our Facebook page
Regards,
Greg

Comment on More on why we hate banks: a personal story by Fred Schebesta

Fred Schebesta — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:12:22 +0000

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