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document.write("<h5>First time buyers</h5>");
document.write("Note that first time home buyers in Australia are getting up to $21K (ZAR135K)from the Aussie government to encorage them to buy. These buyers now make up 30% of all purchases and this is why the market has held its value.... First timer");
document.write("<h5>Stupid people are to blame</h5>");
document.write("I would say that people who got 100% bonds to buy a property to \"flip\" 3 or 6 months down the line for a profit are more to blame than the banks or the agents.<br /><br />I am so happy those days of using piles of money to make bigger piles of money are over.. D");
document.write("<h5>other way around</h5>");
document.write("Thanks to the banks, actually the government, who doesn't allow them, we have a sound banking system, or do we want to end up like all those european and icelandic  banks that go bankrupt, etc?<br />. edward");
document.write("<h5>Stupid people ARE to blame</h5>");
document.write("A scary amount of people live permanently in the red, and I don't mean car and home loans, I mean furniture and clothing accounts, credit cards, higher purchase agreements, revolving credit loans and other forms of loan sharking.<br /><br />Thank goodness for the credit act, which we all cursed at the time, but it saved our skins.  Trouble is it didn't go far enough, the government should ILLEGALISE all the above mentioned forms of short term credit all together.<br />If you can't afford to pay cash you shouldn't be buying that lounge suit, simple!  But the average South African is short sighted and will gladly hang themselves with debt because they don't know better and fall victim to unscrupulous money lenders and clever advertising.<br />So I also blame greedy banks and retail stores lending money indiscriminately, knowing full well they can garnishee the account holder later.<br />. Tracy");
document.write("<h5>Agents and banks were to blame</h5>");
document.write("Agents and banks were to blame for the gross over pricing during the so called 'boom' when every Tom Dick and Harry was encouraged by greedy agents and greedy banks to pay far too much. A bit late to complain now.. Mark");
document.write("<h5>Also blame</h5>");
document.write("Developers that target the so called investor market.Selling a complex with rental guarantees,etc.Avoid those properties at all cost.It only takes one bad tenant to ruin the capital value of the whole complex.<br />These developments do not rely on the basics of supply and demand.The oversupply of this \"artificial\" stock also impedes the market.. Developer");
document.write("<h5>This articles is such a load of junk</h5>");
document.write("Chris Pearson from Remax blames dumb agents for the current woes in the market. Why doesnt he blame himself too since he is part of a international group that benefitted too from the worldwide surge in property prices? Why didnt he refuse to sell property in the boom times if it was overpriced? His arguments stinks of stupidity...on the other hand, he is a estate agent with at best, a std 8 education.. Frankfurta");
document.write("<h5>Agents and banks to blame</h5>");
document.write("I am really mad after reading this. Who is this joker Pearson from Remax. What an ass@#$%. He seriously needs to go for further training (Seta Services, CET) before shooting his dumb mouth off  about stupid estate agents. He is one himself, trying to cover himself with the Remax umbrella for fear of getting  wet. Were you also not one of them rubbing your grubby little hands with glee taking on overpriced mandates when property was in full swing. As an owner/principle you need to be RPl'ed forthwith, you moronic idiot. Also is he implying that the Remax group trains their staff any differently than other estate agencies. I think not.  He is looking for free advertising for his brand. Has your pie gotten smaller because of the non-corporate agencies out there, doing fabulously and servicing the sellers in an honest and ethical way. Sounds like sour grapes to me.I think possibly he only has a STD 6 certificate if that.<br />Vienna. vienna");
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