PropertyInvesting.com | boomtown | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/boomtown/activity/ Activity feed for boomtown. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:05:45 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 f1ff6f0a960c4fc01b8395aad85b4d27 boomtown replied to the topic Selling portfolio Taking profit and waiting for better days! in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4392164-selling-portfolio-taking-profit-and-waiting-for-better-days/page/2/#post-4582027 Sun, 04 May 2008 22:12:14 +0000 trakka wrote:
But how high do you think interest rates will go?

You need to look at our terms of trade.  The price of our key exports, thermal coal, coking coal and iron ore have doubled or tripled.  Thats the mining boom.  But also we are looking down the barrel of an agriculture boom as well.  Price of rice has tripled in China last yea…[Read more]

]]> bf8c4203b0e6c19f715046d56d057772 boomtown replied to the topic Overseas Financing: 1% - 3% interest? in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4384129-overseas-financing-1-3-interest/#post-4540343 Sun, 04 May 2008 11:35:53 +0000 Interesting thread.One of my relatives has just gotten a Sing dollar mortgage for an Australian property.  We check the Australian dollar every day twice a day or more but have no hedging in place.  Would be interesting to see if anyone has been able to hedge (but basic economic theory says the cost of hedging should at least equal the inter…[Read more]

]]> 9c4430fa39f868f1c09d1387bc1154d5 boomtown replied to the topic U.S finance for Oz property? in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4392684-u-s-finance-for-oz-property/#post-4584508 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:01:16 +0000 I have looked into this.  The requirement of NAB or ANZ is that you must be a tax resident and earning an income in the offshore jurisdiction (ie Japan or USA) where the mortgage is taken out.  I am not aware of any financiers that will allow you to take out a multicurrency mortgage (ie a loan denominated in USD and using a US rate of interest b…[Read more]

]]> d61b9f2815b23496b3b192963d77424d boomtown replied to the topic Vision Properties Brisbane - Advice Needed in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4384873-vision-properties-brisbane-advice-needed/#post-4544281 Sun, 07 May 2006 04:17:15 +0000 Im in Shanghai, China on a business trip. I picked up a copy of the local newspaper and it has a large ad for Vision Brisbane.

This suggests to me that Vision has a large advertising budget if they are advertising in China. Someone has to pay for those ads and we all know who that person is going to be.

]]> f95bac1861a74671318362790479ed0a boomtown replied to the topic Crazy Idea in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4385348-crazy-idea/#post-4546760 Sat, 06 May 2006 23:22:23 +0000 What you have just described is exactly how a ski resort developer like IntraWest operates.

They buy large tracts of land on the side of a mountain – build a ski resort and lose money on operation of the ski resort. However they make a killing on the condos and commercial property in the village at the base of the hill.

What you are talking…[Read more]

]]>