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Welcome to our article, housing problems discussion
Dear readers, as I have said, I have been
writing several articles about this rental crisis in Australia, and I have
suggested a few things, but I do not know if what I am doing is helping,
because there is no feedback, all I know is some people read them.
Anyhow, I will continue to write more
articles, at least I know I have done my best to help solve the situation,
because it is only through people views and discussion that most problems are
solved. In this article we will review what we have said and talk about what we
see happening.
One of the things that is worrying me is that
there are properties that end up in the wrong hands, one of which is foreign
ownership. Look what I found in the net, (and I quote).
The daily mail 20 July 2023
How Chinese buyers are snapping up
Australian properties at the rate of $6million a day.
Story by Stephen Johnson, Economics
Reporter For Daily Mail Australia • Yesterday 1:49 pm
- Chinese
spend $2.4billion a year on Australian property
- Australia
top choice for Chinese real estate buyers
Chinese buyers are snapping up real estate spending more than $6million
a day, with Australia an even more popular market than Canada, the United
Kingdom or the U.S.
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On another article.
Chinese buyers return and cause tension at
auctions across Australia as they outbid locals, says real estate expert.
Here's why they are buying up homes down under
Story by Olivia Day For Daily Mail Australia.
- Auctioneer
said Chinese investors are back on property scene
- He
said local buyers felt 'resentment' towards Chinese buyers
- Chinese
buyers spending up to $8million on Aussie real estate
A top auctioneer says Chinese buyers have returned to Australia's
property market and are causing tension at auctions as they outbid locals.
And then.
One Nation Leader Pauline has raised concerns about the impact
migration and foreign investors have on Australia, saying it’s hard for
Australians to “buy their own home”.
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Now let me tell you about my views on this foreign ownership. I believe
that Australia does not need them, because what they do is drive the price of
real estate up. They also do not seem to care if their rental properties are
vacant. So, they are here because they have too much cash in their country, and
they want to transfer it to Australia to keep it safe and avoid taxes. In this
case it would be good if the Australian government taxes them, with a tax that
applies to foreign ownership, at least they could recuperate some of the damage
they are doing to the economy.
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Other things affecting rentals.
We have talked about the Chinese investors, that buy rental properties
for their own benefit, but there are many other things that need to be
assessed, like what is being done to fix the rental problem, and is it the
right thing to do, so, let us see what is happening, and report what we find here.
(And I quote)
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Greens Senator Janet Rice
says the government is only going to provide a “tiny drop in the bucket” by
building only 30,000 homes in the next five years.
“We want to see an outcome,” Ms Rice told Sky News Australia.
“We’ve got 750,000 people on public and affordable housing
waiting lists around the country.
“What the government’s proposing is only going to provide 30,000
houses over the next five years – tiny drop in the bucket of what’s required.” (End
of quote)
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My reaction to that is. Okay Senator Janet Rice, we agree with
you 100% that what they are going to build is not enough to solve the rental
problem, but your party is making it harder even to do that, and with you scare
tactics you are making it even worse, look at what else is happening. (And I
quote)
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- Aussie
investors 'over it' as they bow out of the property market
- Queensland
sales of investor-owned property have ballooned
Property investors in one state are 'over it' as they bow out of the
market in droves amid rising interest rates and higher land taxes.
Sales of Queensland investor-owned
property increased to almost a third of all homes sold in June, according
to PropTrack research.
It comes as owners across Australia face skyrocketing property taxes and
rental price cap speculation - adding pressure to their high mortgage
repayments.
Sales of owner-investor properties in Queensland grew by eight per cent
in just one month - up to 29.5 per cent of all house sales, higher than other
state. (End of quote).
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I must say that, after seeing what is happening in the rental market, as
I have reported above, I believe that things are getting worse. And the Greens
party is making it hard to fix, with their short sightedness, they want only to
help the have not, even if they make the small investors become have not, with
their unworkable policies.
Anyhow, my view is that to solve this problem, all Australian sectors
must try to work together, we do not need foreign ownership to control the
Australian rental market, and the politicians must make sure that that does not
happen.
So, it would be wiser to try to reconcile the differences and keep the
rental market as it has been in the past, in if it
has worked for a very long time in the past, and it will continue to work in
the future. Here I must add that, if the politicians want affordable rentals
for the homeless at affordable cost, they must make sure that the landlords,
can run their properties at an affordable cost, that guarantees some earning at
the end, nobody can run properties at a loss. Therefore, they must not charge
levies that the landlords find hard to pay. I hope I have explained myself
clear enough.
I could say many other things, but I believe that this article is becoming too long for today readers, so, see you in our next article, Australia rental problem review.
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