Reading Time: 3 Minutes It’s Fridayyyyyy! Hooray and Amen to that. Dunno bout you but I feel like I’ve been crawling my way to the finish line… it’s almost… here. And then I realize there’s no childcare on weekends. FML. Say what now? We have to look after our own kids on the weekend? Pish posh paddle wash. All seriousness though, cos today’s topic is fairly serious – there’s something serious afoot. Many of you dear readers would know about the serious situation the US is currently in. No I’m not talking about President’s Trump inauguration, or his tariffs* (professional poker at its brilliant best) or even his various business…
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Is The National Property Boom Over?
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Uh oh, I’m going to take a more serious tone boys and girls, because it looks like Australia’s property boom which has been ongoing since COVID, is finally winding down. I say this because the latest Home Value Index from Corelogic caught my eye: From here, you can see that overall dwelling values eeked out a tiny 0.1% gain in November, the weakest result since January 2023. Even the big hitters like Perth, Radelaide and Brisvegas have been sluggish. The falls are even greater in our two majors of Sydney and Melbourne. I had posted about the previous months figures here, but it sure looks like…
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Return Of The Donald (And How It Affects Me)
Reading Time: 2 Minutes He’s Back! Who? The Donald of course! The President-elect of the United States. I still can’t quite believe THAT GUY I watched on The Apprentice two decades ago will now be the leader of the free world for the SECOND time. Amazing what the circle of life brings. But frankly speaking, I wouldn’t have voted for either Harris or Trump even if I was eligible. If those two candidates were the “best” which the US had to offer in terms of the presidency, then it’s a pretty sad state of affairs. Sigh. Seems to me that politics these days is all about pandering to whatever extreme left…
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The Frugal Samurai Interview Series – Tina From Money Flamingo
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Sorry, sorry – I know I’ve said that I’ll get back on the blogging horse buuuuut things have been a bit crazy at the moment. Not only is Old Sydney Town in the midst of an intense lockdown, we’ve also had to juggle multiple professional and personal thingymajiggys. But that’s no excuse right! Funnily enough, the blog has seen a substantial increase of new readers whilst I’ve been away… so um… maybe I should not post more? To all the new members and readers – WELCOME! So today, I wanted to do something which I haven’t done for a while, and that’s to introduce another special…
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Back!
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Hello everyone! Gosh, it feels so long since I’ve clickity clackity-ed on a blog post buuuuuut… I’m back! Been a full two months since the last one, and as I’ve read somewhere that it takes about 66 days for a new habit to form – I didn’t want to lose my writer’s touch. Mind you, it’s not such a bad time to get back into writing – as today is day 1 of ANOTHER lockdown in Old Sydney Town. Sigh, this nasty COVID business just won’t go away eh? Kinda like a nasty bug you can’t shake off when you have the er, flu. Anyhow, what…
