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Who else is pumped about freedom day on Oct 26 in Melb? It's been such a long hard road here and a real struggle.
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Hopefully I will be down there mid November now that things are looking a lot more positive (on reopening not the numbers of people getting covid)Who else is pumped about freedom day on Oct 26 in Melb? It's been such a long hard road here and a real struggle.
Also anyone in Sydney how has it been since freedom day?
Isn't that not happening til November?Who else is pumped about freedom day on Oct 26 in Melb? It's been such a long hard road here and a real struggle.
Isn't that not happening til November?
Not really…wasn’t many about to celebrate with. Went more nuts with Bombers ‘93 win… now there’s some storiesYou must have celebrated Leeds' last league title pretty hard by the sound of it!!!
I went and had my second shot on Monday and there were a fair few people in the mall (the vaccination hub is in what used to be a David Jones), particularly lining up to get a haircut.Also anyone in Sydney how has it been since freedom day?
I think people place too large an emphasis on owning a home in the first place.
Sure but I mean more the value we place on them as a society. The same thing with marriage/kids. When people look down at someone for not owning a home or not being married or not having/wanting kids.I dunno, I think it's probably the most valuable asset you'll ever own in your life, and will (more or less) only increase in value over the course of your life.
Same with any sort of pre-conceived perception of people (race, appearance etc.) have of others reallySure but I mean more the value we place on them as a society. The same thing with marriage/kids. When people look down at someone for not owning a home or not being married or not having/wanting kids.
Sure but I mean more the value we place on them as a society. The same thing with marriage/kids. When people look down at someone for not owning a home or not being married or not having/wanting kids.
Yeah I'm not disputing whether anyone should purchase property, more so how people seem to have a checklist to tick off. Like you haven't had a "successful" life if you haven't bought a home/kids/married etc.Yeah that's fair, but of any of those things, I guess the value placed on owning a home is the most deserved given it has literal value, but I take your point from a social point of view.
Restrictions don’t end at 80% vaccinated. Sorry to say.October 26 lockdown ends but we are limited to 25k travel radius. Hospo reopens in limited numbers etc. Mid November I believe is when we hit 80% full vaccination and restrictions end.
Restrictions don’t end at 80% vaccinated. Sorry to say.
I went and had my second shot on Monday and there were a fair few people in the mall (the vaccination hub is in what used to be a David Jones), particularly lining up to get a haircut.
Not massive as I guess people still had work on, but was still a bit of a shock to the system.
I think if we can get through 2 weeks without having any major rises again in hospitalisations/ICUs/deaths, then we're probably in the clear.
Do still worry about children going back to school without having access to a jab though.
Yeah I'm not disputing whether anyone should purchase property, more so how people seem to have a checklist to tick off. Like you haven't had a "successful" life if you haven't bought a home/kids/married etc.
I feel that's gonna change a lot over the next couple of decades especially that it's costlier to purchase a home and I think the weight of expectation to have these things will decrease as a result.
Haha yeah my mate actually just bought a place two days ago and we're convinced his wife will be hounding him to have kids now that they've checked that item off. It's a bit sad.
That's interesting, seems a pretty good deal to me.Funnily enough after all the discussion in here today Dan has just announced a 25% State govt equity first home buyer's program (government funds 25% of first home, when you sell they get 25% of the value of your property). A 5% deposit is required.
That's a pretty sweet deal which sees most first home buyers avoid the dreaded LMI (I copped it back in 2009 only having a 10% deposit). Should accelerate the first home buyers market in theory.
It would be difficult giving up 25% back to the government when you sell down the track though if your property goes up in value significantly!!
That's interesting, seems a pretty good deal to me.
Funnily enough after all the discussion in here today Dan has just announced a 25% State govt equity first home buyer's program (government funds 25% of first home, when you sell they get 25% of the value of your property). A 5% deposit is required.
That's a pretty sweet deal which sees most first home buyers avoid the dreaded LMI (I copped it back in 2009 only having a 10% deposit). Should accelerate the first home buyers market in theory.
It would be difficult giving up 25% back to the government when you sell down the track though if your property goes up in value significantly!!
Haha it's all downhill now for him!Haha yeah my mate actually just bought a place two days ago and we're convinced his wife will be hounding him to have kids now that they've checked that item off. It's a bit sad.
I dunno, you're still getting 75% of the upside which is better than 100% of none.
Correct me if I’m wrong here. So if you buy a house for $1m, the government will lend you $250k. If it appreciates by 50% and you sell it for $1.5m, then you have to pay the government back $375k (25% of $1.5m). So of your $500k capital growth, you only get to pocket $125k, and a chunk of that will go towards stamp duty for your next property anyway.Funnily enough after all the discussion in here today Dan has just announced a 25% State govt equity first home buyer's program (government funds 25% of first home, when you sell they get 25% of the value of your property). A 5% deposit is required.
That's a pretty sweet deal which sees most first home buyers avoid the dreaded LMI (I copped it back in 2009 only having a 10% deposit). Should accelerate the first home buyers market in theory.
It would be difficult giving up 25% back to the government when you sell down the track though if your property goes up in value significantly!!