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How Housing Bubbles Are Triggered
Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 3:07 pm | Hugh Pavletich
An excellent article by Leith van Onselen of MacroBusiness Australia, illustrates clearly why artificially strangling the supply of urban residential land in Australia, is the root of the problem. The problem comes about when Local Governments in particular ... More >>
Christchurch Earthquakes: The Political Circus
Friday, 28 October 2011, 1:52 pm | Hugh Pavletich
There is a attitudinal change underway in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the first major earthquake 4 September 2010, the second 22 February with the third 13 June 2011. To date, there have been some 7,700 aftershocks in total and they are ... More >>
Respecting the Median Multiple Housing Measure
Monday, 31 January 2011, 2:06 pm | Hugh Pavletich
There is a world of difference between being schooled in a subject and actually educated in it. As Oscar Wilde said “Never let your schooling interfere with you education”. Over the past thirty years or more, thanks to the politicization of urban issues ... More >>
N Z RMA Reform: Nick Smith’s Confusion
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 4:48 pm | Hugh Pavletich
On Tuesday 12 September 2010, New Zealand’s Environment Minister Hon Dr Nick Smith released the keenly awaited Resource Management Act (New Zealand’s land use law) Phase 2 Reforms, under the rather grand title “ Planning reform needed for NZ cities ... More >>
Christchurch: A Bureaucratically Buggered City
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 11:47 am | Hugh Pavletich
The 7.1 magnitude earthquake of 4 September 2010, with in excess of 700 aftershocks , was not unexpected. What is now referred to as the "Darfield Fault" close to the city , was however not known to experts, as explained by John McCone of the ... More >>
Christchurch: A Bureaucratically Buggered City
Monday, 20 September 2010, 1:41 pm | Hugh Pavletich
The 7.1 magnitude earthquake of 4 September 2010, with in excess of 700 aftershocks, was not unexpected. What is now referred to as the "Darfield Fault" close to the city , was however not known to experts, as explained by John McCone of the local ... More >>
Liberal Coalition Housing Policy Applauded
Friday, 20 August 2010, 3:39 pm | Hugh Pavletich
The Australian Liberal Coalition Housing Policy released today, is a significant first step, in dealing with the real structural problems currently denying Australians their right to the opportunity of affordable owned and rental housing. More >>
China: The Mother Of All Housing Bubbles
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 1:07 pm | Hugh Pavletich
It would seem that of the residential complex on the outskirts of Beijing, the “Heavenly Famous Garden” development is not…….well….a particularly heavenly experience at the moment More >>
Housing Bubbles: Are the British waking up too?
Sunday, 11 July 2010, 1:21 pm | Hugh Pavletich
Mr Wolf is reigniting the public conversation in the United Kingdom, following the important work on urban planning failures during and before the period of the last Labour Government by Kate Barker , then a member of the UK Monetary Policy Committee ... More >>
Are Economists Political Liabilities?
Sunday, 4 July 2010, 10:43 am | Hugh Pavletich
Why house prices are affordable in many North American markets “doesn’t make sense” to Dominic Stephens, a senior economist with Westpac Banking Corporation New Zealand. More >>
The Kevin Rudd Saga: Lessons for Politicians
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 10:49 am | Hugh Pavletich
John Muscat, co editor of the New South Wales, Australia, based The New City website has a superb article The Urbanist’s Guide to Kevin Rudd’s Downfall on the United States based New Geography website, providing his perspective on why former Australian ... More >>
Financing Infrastructure Properly
Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 3:34 pm | Hugh Pavletich
The Municipal Utility District infrastructure bond financing system is employed widely in the United States – particularly within Texas, Georgia and Florida. The US Municipal Bond market is currently about $2.5 trillion. More >>
China’s Housing Bubbles: Quality Research Required
Monday, 7 June 2010, 3:50 pm | Hugh Pavletich
It is extremely difficult to find reliable reporting on the intensity of the housing bubbles across China, but this article from the China Post of June 1, 2010 "Economist sees housing market bubble" , appears to be realistic. More >>
Americans Slow Learners About Housing Bubbles
Monday, 7 June 2010, 12:18 pm | Hugh Pavletich
“ The housing bubble ‘didn’t start with sub prime – they were the guys who added gasoline to the fire. They (others – being regulators) created a mismatch which started the inflation in housing, that was turbocharged by sub prime financing’ ... More >>
China’s Housing Bubbles: Quality Research Required
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 5:56 pm | Hugh Pavletich
It is extremely difficult to find reliable reporting on the intensity of the housing bubbles across China, but this article from the China Post of June 1, 2010 More >>
Australian Housing Bubble: California Repeated?
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 5:20 pm | Hugh Pavletich
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Insanity Down Under: ING Says Thanks to Capital Appreciation, Paying Principal on Mortgage Loans is Unnecessary Within the above article Mish (Mike Shedlock) of Global Economic Trend Analysis responds to a report ... More >>
New Zealand Local Government Initiatives Welcome
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 12:24 pm | Hugh Pavletich
In due course I would expect “performance measures” to be broadened, following the release of the Alan Dormer led Urban Technical Advisory Group Report for the Minister for the Environment, Hon Dr Nick Smith. More >>
Australia’s Housing Shambles
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 9:35 am | Hugh Pavletich
In reading the above Australian Housing Supply Report and media reports, reference needs to be made to the 2010 6th Annual Demographia Internatuional Housing Affordability Survey (data September 2009 Quarter) released in January. This Annual Survey assesses ... More >>
Leaky Homes And An Architect’s Musing’s
Monday, 29 March 2010, 6:24 pm | Hugh Pavletich
The Christchurch New Zealand based architect Peter Beaven (now nearing a surprisingly sprightly 85 years), is a South Island identity, who over many decades has been a regular commentator on urban issues and an enthusiastic promoter of inner city living. ... More >>
Urban Planning: It’s A Cultural Problem
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 4:08 pm | Hugh Pavletich
Many New Zealanders are now aware that our cities need to deal with serious structural issues, but may not have a particularly clear understanding of the linkages of the major issues, and most importantly, the common cause. More >>
