- 17 February 2016
The Secret Property Boom
The Secret Property Boom The time for investing has never been so good. You’ll remember 2007 as the last boom time, right? High resource prices, rising jobs - but high interest rates. Now look at the scene. Surely you would prefer to invest now? The cost of money is way down and yet our rents are at the same high ...
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