A Spotlight On Boronia: Postcode 3155

Another deep dive on property in a suburb, this time Boronia, which is located 29 km east of the CBD. Located in Melbourne’s outer east Boronia is a primarily of a residential nature. Blind Creek traverses the southern side of Boronia while the Dandenong Creek bounds the north. The Belgrave Railway line bisects the suburb.

An average home in Boronia is owned with a mortgage by couples without children. The average age in Boronia is 38. Separate houses are common in Boronia and the area is mostly Neighbourhood Residential Zone (64.66%), General Residential Zone (6.01%) and Industrial 1 Zone (5.77%).

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Is The Financial System Fit For Purpose?: May Economic Update On Nuggets News

This is the DFA edit of my latest chat recorded with Alex on Nuggets News, in which we dissect the financial system and ask whether it is fit for purpose.

The original show was posted earlier at: https://youtu.be/j0kQMID1f1s Do go subscribe to Nuggets News.

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Economic Dissonance – The DFA Daily 8th May 2021

The US Jobs data was rubbish and the latest budget disclosures in Australia were aimed at the property market (again).

The latest edition of our finance and property news digest with a distinctively Australian flavour.

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Do People Think Home Prices Are Going To Go Up, Or Down?

My latest discussion with Steve Mickenbecker from Canstar.

Steve Mickenbecker is in Canstar’s Group Executive Team, bringing more than 30 years of experience in the Australian financial services industry. As a financial commentator for Canstar, Steve enjoys sharing his expertise across topics such as home loans, superannuation, insurance, mortgages, banking, credit cards, investment, budgeting, money management and more.

https://www.canstar.com.au/team-members/steve-mickenbecker/

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Macro Backdrop WTF is happening with Martin North

A show I recorded for Alt Asset Allocation:

For the full audio interview, transcript, show notes and more visit: https://altassetallocation.com/

“Martin is a deep thinker and I really enjoyed this conversation. In this episode, we talk about the Australian & New Zealand Economies, the local investment mindset, and the overall financial markets there. In this conversation, we get quite philosophical on where the world is now as a result of COVID and where we could be going.

Absolutely fascinating and worth thinking about”.

Time Codes: 0:00:00​ Welcome and context 0:03:37​ What is your background? 0:06:36​ What is behind the statements that are being made? 0:11:05​ Assumption driven decisions 0:13:10​ What is happening in Australia at the moment? 0:26:41​ How is the Australian Government fighting against the pandemic? 0:36:14​ Why is the stuff that the World Economic Forum is talking about looks terrifying? 0:47:30​ What are your thoughts on MMT? 0:51:00​ How do you think through your investment decisions? 0:55:00​ How Australians approach investing? 0:59:30​ Is the superannuation investing in real estate? 1:01:35​ Where can people find out more about you?

The House Price Pass The Parcel Blame Game

More Federal and State Government blame-shifting as they try to avoid the real question of who is really responsible for the ultra-high home prices in Australia.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/high-house-prices-a-risk-for-all-state-governments-housing-minister-wants-premiers-feet-held-to-the-fire-20210430-p57nrr.html

Tomorrows live stream: https://youtu.be/WO9yTRXWkLc

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