Comments on: “View from the Bridge”: The Real Estate Misinformation Continues http://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/ Showcasing Luxury Homes to the World Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:08:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: samanthajadehttp://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 samanthajade Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:40:25 +0000 http://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/#comment-1290 I agree, and if you got the chance to watch the Hungry Beast on the ABC last Wednesday night, it just goes to show how under researched the news we get actually is. I just bought my first home last month, I was aware of house prices being so high (but I bought in a rural area where prices - whether it be property or petrol - seem to be a bit out of sync with the rest of the world) but the whole time I was looking, those sellers that cut the price every second week and 'extra' grants that come from those cheap building companies just went to show how dodgy the market is, if they ALL can afford to "throw in thousands of dollars worth of extras" then why do they charge so much in the first place? <br><br>Yes, the media is so twisted, and people need to do their own research (such as looking around at blogs like this). But lets not forget some of the businesses in the market such as domain.com.au, metricon, and others (especially those of the cheap and cheerful kind) that set it up for the media. I agree, and if you got the chance to watch the Hungry Beast on the ABC last Wednesday night, it just goes to show how under researched the news we get actually is. I just bought my first home last month, I was aware of house prices being so high (but I bought in a rural area where prices – whether it be property or petrol – seem to be a bit out of sync with the rest of the world) but the whole time I was looking, those sellers that cut the price every second week and 'extra' grants that come from those cheap building companies just went to show how dodgy the market is, if they ALL can afford to “throw in thousands of dollars worth of extras” then why do they charge so much in the first place?

Yes, the media is so twisted, and people need to do their own research (such as looking around at blogs like this). But lets not forget some of the businesses in the market such as domain.com.au, metricon, and others (especially those of the cheap and cheerful kind) that set it up for the media.

]]> By: samanthajadehttp://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-947 samanthajade Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:40:25 +0000 http://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/#comment-947 I agree, and if you got the chance to watch the Hungry Beast on the ABC last Wednesday night, it just goes to show how under researched the news we get actually is. I just bought my first home last month, I was aware of house prices being so high (but I bought in a rural area where prices - whether it be property or petrol - seem to be a bit out of sync with the rest of the world) but the whole time I was looking, those sellers that cut the price every second week and 'extra' grants that come from those cheap building companies just went to show how dodgy the market is, if they ALL can afford to "throw in thousands of dollars worth of extras" then why do they charge so much in the first place? <br><br>Yes, the media is so twisted, and people need to do their own research (such as looking around at blogs like this). But lets not forget some of the businesses in the market such as domain.com.au, metricon, and others (especially those of the cheap and cheerful kind) that set it up for the media. I agree, and if you got the chance to watch the Hungry Beast on the ABC last Wednesday night, it just goes to show how under researched the news we get actually is. I just bought my first home last month, I was aware of house prices being so high (but I bought in a rural area where prices – whether it be property or petrol – seem to be a bit out of sync with the rest of the world) but the whole time I was looking, those sellers that cut the price every second week and 'extra' grants that come from those cheap building companies just went to show how dodgy the market is, if they ALL can afford to “throw in thousands of dollars worth of extras” then why do they charge so much in the first place?

Yes, the media is so twisted, and people need to do their own research (such as looking around at blogs like this). But lets not forget some of the businesses in the market such as domain.com.au, metricon, and others (especially those of the cheap and cheerful kind) that set it up for the media.

]]> By: Michael Marquettehttp://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Michael Marquette Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:17:11 +0000 http://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/#comment-919 Hi Tim <br><br>I really appreciate your reading my article and it's intriguing how the media throughout the world is doing the same stuff. Without any question the media is chasing advertising revenue and I have no doubt that the "rubbish" they are now conveying to the public has one motive - money. <br><br>It's unfortunate that everyone cannot see through this misinformation and it's very important that we keep putting the correct version of events into the public arena. Print media is a dead and dying dinosaur which is unprofitable and irrelevant. I totally agree with you. I look forward to talking more with you in the future. <br><br>Michael Marquette Hi Tim

I really appreciate your reading my article and it's intriguing how the media throughout the world is doing the same stuff. Without any question the media is chasing advertising revenue and I have no doubt that the “rubbish” they are now conveying to the public has one motive – money.

It's unfortunate that everyone cannot see through this misinformation and it's very important that we keep putting the correct version of events into the public arena. Print media is a dead and dying dinosaur which is unprofitable and irrelevant. I totally agree with you. I look forward to talking more with you in the future.

Michael Marquette

]]> By: Tim Downhttp://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Tim Down Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:30:11 +0000 http://marquetteturner.com/view-from-the-bridge-the-real-estate-misinformation-continues/#comment-918 Hi Michael.<br><br>I completely agree with your opinion piece above. As much as we all have a vested interest in a healthy and more importantly "balanced" real estate market, regurgitating poorly researched news articles perpetuates poor consumer decisions. I applaud your taking a stand and pointing out the misinformation and lack of sound economic reasoning and judgement. We have far too many unqualified real estate sales personnel acting as order takers who provide limited advice to consumers making the largest purchase in their lives.<br><br>I also find it strange that the same newspapers that cheered the market to all time highs and then down to the bottom are once again back on the bandwagon. Are they searching for those lucrative advertising accounts again? The real question is what is the relevance of the print news media given their present business models are unprofitable? <br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Tim Down Hi Michael.

I completely agree with your opinion piece above. As much as we all have a vested interest in a healthy and more importantly “balanced” real estate market, regurgitating poorly researched news articles perpetuates poor consumer decisions. I applaud your taking a stand and pointing out the misinformation and lack of sound economic reasoning and judgement. We have far too many unqualified real estate sales personnel acting as order takers who provide limited advice to consumers making the largest purchase in their lives.

I also find it strange that the same newspapers that cheered the market to all time highs and then down to the bottom are once again back on the bandwagon. Are they searching for those lucrative advertising accounts again? The real question is what is the relevance of the print news media given their present business models are unprofitable?

Cheers,

Tim Down

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