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Discussing Global Deleveraging
Monday, 15 December 2008, 1:45 pm | Hugh Pavletich
I read with interest your article Bernard Hickey : Spiralling into a long, deep slump - Business - NZ Herald News where a – what I would describe as a “valiant attempt’ - is made to explain the deleveraging that’s going on. Good on you for having a ... More >>
New Zealand: Local Government Focus Required
Friday, 5 December 2008, 9:38 am | Hugh Pavletich
New Prime Minister Hon John Key ( NZ Herald article ) of the National Party led Government is strongly of the view that New Zealand’s problems centre around a lack of growth. His Deputy Bill English endorses this call for growth – viewing this as a necessary ... More >>
Housing Bubbles: Learning To Grow Up
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 1:43 pm | Hugh Pavletich
It needs to be borne in mind however - that the role of the finance sector generally, was simply to provide the "fuel" - and within dysfunctional urban markets where housing exceeded three times household incomes, the financing had to adapt, if finance firms ... More >>
United Kingdom Housebuilders Face Market Implosion
Monday, 17 November 2008, 2:57 pm | Hugh Pavletich
The British urban planning model is dead. The UK The Times Housebuilders face market implosion - Times Online reports that housing construction in Britain (it is assumed this includes Northern Ireland) is likely to fall to around 50 – 60,000 units over ... More >>
‘Performance Urban Planning’ Website Launched
Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 4:14 pm | Hugh Pavletich
The urban markets / cities are the growth engines of a modern economy – that attract people to them for the higher standards of living and greater opportunities they offer. It is clearly in the wider national interest to ensure that this natural and ... More >>
Deflating Housing Bubbles - The Reality
Friday, 24 October 2008, 11:24 am | Hugh Pavletich
If one is prepared to accept what is generally portrayed in the media – the economy is pretty much run by Finance Ministers, Reserve Banks and Treasuries, “turning on and off the taps” to stabilize the economy, by tweaking interest rates and injecting ... More >>
Housing Bubble Induced Severe Recession
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 12:58 am | Hugh Pavletich
Ms Albrechtsen of The Australian (House of cards built with good intentions | The Australian and Not Everyone Should Own a Home - WSJ.com) is right to a degree – but she fails to take a further step back to the land use regulations – and in ... More >>
“Kiwis Pay Price For ‘Cullen Housing Bubble’”
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:26 am | Hugh Pavletich
Hugh Pavletich FDIA Co author Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey DEMOGRAPHIA Christchurch New Zealand More >>
The California Housing Fiasco
Monday, 6 October 2008, 12:50 am | Hugh Pavletich
D R Horton as Americas largest home builder, constructed nearly 53,000 homes during the peak year 2006, but since the housing bubble burst, it has been rapidly disposing of surplus land holdings, as explained within this Wall Street Journal article Developer ... More >>
“Housing: Taking A Bubble Bath To Reality”
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 1:39 pm | Hugh Pavletich
“Housing: Taking A Bubble Bath To Reality” Hugh Pavletich Co author Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey DEMOGRAPHIA Christchurch New Zealand September 29, 2008 The major reason for initiating the Annual Demographia International Housing ... More >>
Housing: Taking A Bubble Bath To Reality
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 10:39 am | Hugh Pavletich
The major reason for initiating the Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Surveys back in late 2004 with Wendell Cox of Demographia, St Louis, USA - was to illustrate to Australian’s and New Zealanders in particular at the time - just ... More >>
Housing: Affordable Fringe Land Required Urgently
Monday, 22 September 2008, 11:42 am | Hugh Pavletich
Within this excellent article “Mortgage costs feel the crunch - 21 Sep 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand Business, Markets, Currency and Personal Finance News”, Bernard Hickey sets out clearly the “key facts” relating to New Zealand housing – and ... More >>
The Last Global Housing Bubbles
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 2:52 pm | Hugh Pavletich
Artificially created urban housing bubbles are very popular with the wider public and politicians. The reason for this is because for most people, bubble or fake wealth is the closest they will ever get to creating significant (in reality - "fake") wealth ... More >>
Waitakere City Council NZ Housing Plan Too Vague
Friday, 12 September 2008, 11:25 am | Hugh Pavletich
“The media release ‘Assessment of housing stocks a priority’ by the Waitakere City Council, New Zealand is too vague - lacking clear direction - in how this Local Authority intends to restore housing affordability to at or below three times annual ... More >>
Waitakere City Council NZ Housing Plan Too Vague
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 4:34 pm | Hugh Pavletich
“The media release ‘Assessment of housing stocks a priority’ (see below) by the Waitakere City Council, New Zealand is too vague - lacking clear direction - in how this Local Authority intends to restore housing affordability to at or below ... More >>
United Kingdom House Building Collapses
Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:00 am | Hugh Pavletich
The United Kingdom National House Building Council will say later this week that just 5,843 homes were built during August – a 69% fall on the same month last year – according to the UK Telegraph. Annualizing the August figure this suggests 70,116 ... More >>
Bank Economists At Sea On Housing
Monday, 1 September 2008, 5:18 pm | Hugh Pavletich
Following a recent article in New Zealand’s South Island leading daily newspaper The Press “Leaky homes and the housing bubble“, the writer responded to comments by the New Zealand ANZ National Bank Chief Economist, Mr Cameron Bagrie with an article ... More >>
Does The Economics Profession Understand At All?
Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 9:22 am | Hugh Pavletich
It would appear the worlds Central Bankers had a “confusing time” at their annual retreat at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA – if this article from the Financial Times Bankers caught between hope and despair is any guide. More >>
US Association Of Realtors July 2008 Report
Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 12:22 am | Hugh Pavletich
The key point here is that while sale levels have generally risen due to the substantially lower prices in the bubble markets – inventory levels are increasing at a faster rate (now in excess of 11 months supply overall – equilibrium 6 months supply) ... More >>
Housing Information: The Geeks Lead The Way!
Monday, 4 August 2008, 11:28 am | Hugh Pavletich
Within a July 31, 2008 article, “America’s Most overpriced zip codes” Matt Woolsey of Forbes reports on recent innovations by the real estate map based websites hotpads.com and trulia.com . More >>
