Originally Posted By: crinkles
Originally Posted By: XS650
Originally Posted By: sprintman
http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,28323,25184134-5013951,00.html
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"You can't even buy a second-hand car for that," Mr Szinger said.
Unlike a second-hand car, you can't drive one of those houses to a desirable location.
Some of those houses are overpriced at $1.00 because of the zero market value plus tax liability.
agreed. the greed of these people never stops amazing me. I guess housing market falls have not been big enough in australia yet.
They will learn something about seriously depressed housing markets when the can't find a tenant and the tax and maintenance bills start coming. With an unoccupied house and absent landlord, they are also likely to get unwanted free tenants, or at least vandals.