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12th September 2018, 12:12 | #4521 |
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And futurists wonder why people hate them.
Certainly it's going to go along something like that eventually, however I suspect it won't be whole-hog along the ways you've described. My guess is anyone in a creative niche is going to come to the fore; knowledge of a rare language isn't intrinsically creative so is going to be less valued, especially as computers are increasing in their ability to learn languages. Eventually (and it won't be sudden or even all that soon) the number of languages will dwindle hugely. Not through any deliberate campaign or dislike, but through sheer irrelevance, much as the Maori language in it's six or so dialects has been dwindling. Right now Maori culture is very much alive, if considerably changed, and the language still survives, but because of the momentum of irrelevance it's going to take a concerted effort to ensure it survives going forward. Is it worth it? Who knows - for me I'd say yes, even though I have no talent for learning more than small snatches in other languages (for various reasons I'm not going into here), but that's something that each individual needs to decide. If enough of them decide in favour to DO something about it, then the language will survive and it's relevance increase. NZ has the opportunity if anywhere does.
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12th September 2018, 12:37 | #4522 | |
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This whole piece of work is around living standards for those that have to rent, and yes most of them are unlikely to ever be able to purchase a house. But if Ma & Pa sell their rented property, its likely to go to someone that was renting, so is not renting anymore (No Change), or an investor that is likely to keep renting it (No Change). |
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12th September 2018, 14:52 | #4523 |
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^Apparently the argument from the property institute is that first home buyers have less in a household then a rented household.
Which assumes that most buyers aren't families but couples going from a group flatting situation rather than from renting alone to buying. Also that these couples don't rent a room to cover costs. Would be interesting to some stats of the current situation.
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13th September 2018, 09:06 | #4524 | |
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Fair point. But then you could argue that first home buyers typically expand to a family within ~5 years - population growth that has been absorbed without a change in the house numbers. So, while short term, the argument stacks up - long term it all goes back to "no change". |
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13th September 2018, 09:19 | #4525 |
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I would say that traditionally first home buyers would not rent a room out.
But I don't know if that would still hold true in the current market. If they are stretched to take on a mortgage, they will get a room mate. |
13th September 2018, 16:51 | #4526 | |||
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It means there would be fewer rental properties available. The more landlords give up on property as an investment, the fewer houses there are available to rent. If there are not fewer houses to rent, then the rent will go up to cover the landlords costs. Quote:
That's making an assumption that there will always be an investor looking to be a landlord who will scoop up a property to give somebody somewhere to live. But you need to remember that Labour hates landlords and is trying to discourage property as an investment.
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13th September 2018, 16:54 | #4527 | |
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Y'know, I made a genuine attempt to explain my point of view without calling you a stupid cunt once. It turns out you really are too stupid to understand any of it.
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13th September 2018, 17:39 | #4528 | |
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Lets try and example there are 1000 rental properties and 1000 renting families. 200 of these landlords give up and sell the houses. They either go to existing (or new) landlords - so still 1000 rentals for 1000 families. Or they will be bought by those renting families - so 800 rentals for 800 families. |
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14th September 2018, 10:48 | #4533 | |
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Those buying the 200 homes aren't necessarily families currently renting, and don't necessarily want to become landlords.
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14th September 2018, 11:35 | #4534 |
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I would put that into the category of current housing shortage in Auckland.
Not a rental issue because of some changes to rental property rules. |
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And then there's Bob's example: people buy the house to live in. You can't just sweep that under the rug by pretending it's just a 'housing shortage in Auckland' thing. It's a supply and demand thing - full stop. You're also assuming that people who are renting actually have the money to afford to buy a house. You're completely ignoring what I said about people who are lifelong renters. Quote:
It IS a rental issue if the govt drives landlords away from being landlords. Like I said before - the two are inextricably linked. One affects the other and it's impossible to make a policy which only affects one market without affecting the other.
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14th September 2018, 17:17 | #4536 |
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So where are all these people that will come out of woodwork live now?
They aren't renting, and they don't own their own home? Ok, if we are talking about everything 100,000 own home 10,000 rentals & 10,000 renters 1,000 living somewhere else So 2000 of those rentals are sold. Lets say all the other people buy one of these 102,000 own home 8000 rentals & 8000 renters 1,000 living somewhere else. We are in the same position. Yes there is an issue that some renters now don't have a property. But we already had that. So this is a housing shortage issue, not am issue of changing rental rules. |
14th September 2018, 19:11 | #4537 |
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it's ok guys Labour just unveiled 18 Kiwibuild houses, all you need is a minimum $650,000
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Apparently, some are living in motels, cars, etc. Take a look further in your post where you said Yes there is an issue that some renters now don't have a property. But we already had that. So you're acknowledging that to be the case. Others have been living with their parents and are moving out of home. And, as Bob said, some come from out of the area. Immigrants, in other words. Some people are New Zealanders who are moving from a part of NZ that doesn't have a shortage of rental properties (say, I dunno, Palmerston North?) to a place that does (say, Auckland). So if a renting family moves from Palmy to Auckland, then there is now one more rental property available in Palmy and one less rental property available in Auckland. Overall, no change. But within Auckland, you now have more people competing for rental properties. Would you want to exacerbate that by giving landlords reason to quit the game and end up with fewer rental properties for more renters? Quote:
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Like I keep saying - they're inextricably linked. You're putting your head in the sand to pretend otherwise. A shortage of housing creates a shortage of rental properties. You simply cannot deny that and you cannot separate them into individually compartmentalised issues.
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14th September 2018, 21:50 | #4539 |
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Where to now for the Chief Technology Officer role?
Does anyone want the job? Ab, would you come home and do it?
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15th September 2018, 11:08 | #4540 | |
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15th September 2018, 11:20 | #4541 | |
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This is really the result of an uninformed middle class whom political parties have to pander to.
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15th September 2018, 17:38 | #4542 |
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It's a good thing our economy is built around dumb industries and getting dumber. No need for people to get an education. That's what's happening right? More jobs for less skills? And to think, there was that stupid "knowledge economy" idea floating around about a decade ago. Good thing we nipped that idea in the bud. Those were some wise leaders.
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18th September 2018, 11:13 | #4543 | |
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NZ economy may not be as slow as business confidence suggests - for now
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18th September 2018, 13:16 | #4544 |
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Yeah, but are these surveys about the economy, or about politics?
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19th September 2018, 14:08 | #4545 |
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Things appear to be going well between North and South Korea right now, where the US aren't involved. It does appear like Kim genuinely wants to change the status quo for his country.
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19th September 2018, 16:00 | #4546 |
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Re: Te Reo
Learning _any_ second language before the age of 13 should be compulsory. Locks in the brain's ability to learn languages before it loses it at the 13 year neuron purge. Secondly, look around you dumb mono-lanuage white person, everyone else is smarter than you, and knows at least three languages. Pick up your game. Te Reo is also a pretty neat language to learn too, more advanced that Latin based ones, but not fucking impossible like Arabic or Japanese. Re: Housing crisis. For fucks sake, make it unattractive to speculate on housing, and attractive to build and repair them instead. Make running rentals a zero sum charity rather than a profit seeking business. Ma and Pa should be investing in businesses and manufacturing, not rent seeking. 2c |
19th September 2018, 16:06 | #4547 |
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I put my hand up as a mono languaged white person. Having young kids though is helping me though.
While I am not learning it (yet), it does appear to be a fucking easy language. Once you know the 5 vowel sounds you can basically read it. |
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Who lets out the houses to tenants?
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19th September 2018, 19:13 | #4550 |
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Does state housing take care of all rental housing needs?
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19th September 2018, 19:17 | #4551 |
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Does it need to?
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19th September 2018, 20:14 | #4552 |
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Who lets out the rest of the rental properties?
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19th September 2018, 20:18 | #4553 |
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People with an empty house, who own it for reasons other than trying to make money without having to work?
What's your point? I know, stupid of me to ask, you've never been eager to make a point in the past, because "it's obvious".
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19th September 2018, 20:32 | #4554 | ||
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See, now you're doing your intellectually dishonest schtick. So you can go fuck yourself.
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19th September 2018, 21:06 | #4556 |
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I think it's nonsense to suggest that a rental property doesn't involve any work. You can have a property manager do the bulk of it for you, but there's a cost.
And deadbeat tenants create even more work.
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19th September 2018, 21:20 | #4557 | |
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Oh right, that's right, people giving most of their money to landlords, who in turn give it to banks who are the real home owners, inflating house prices, which means more money for the banks, further removing money from the economy We've faced the problem of inadequate housing before and solved it without needing an abundance of landlords to house deadbeat tenants. While home ownership is at a low and renting has become the norm, yet people are compelled to live in a garage or their car, you'd have to be a real fucking idiot to ask the question "aw but where will people live if there aren't landlords, eh".
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19th September 2018, 22:19 | #4558 |
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19th September 2018, 22:23 | #4559 |
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Beats actually sharing your thoughts, AMIRITE?!
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19th September 2018, 23:06 | #4560 |
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Considering the accommodation supplement/rent subsidies cost the taxpayer ~$2bn every year, it is obvious that this is not a free market - prices are distorted.
When prices are distorted/markets are not free, investors flock to the thing that is being propped up. I say bring in regulation - whether it's one mortgaged property per person, loan to personal income ratios for rental properties (rather than loan to value ratios), or something else entirely. And get rid of that fucking accommodation supplement so that the market sets the price. Wages aren't going up, so bring down the cost of housing. Landlords might be forced to sell after the shock of no one being able to afford their overpriced shit box to service their high mortgage, but investment has risks associated with it. Boo hoo, their free ride didn't work out as planned. They may have to "give up the smashed avo on toast" or just be happy with one fucking house. Historically, NZ has been supportive of home ownership. Te Ara has some info here. We have in the past had state provided low-interest mortgages, and state provided deposits. $2 billion every year - going to, as Lightspeed points out, the banks effectively since most landlords are in fact borrowers themselves. Perpetuating poverty - families who will live in a state house for many years, yet never get any closer to owning it. Kids who will get no inheritance - no assistance from their parents to purchase a house of their own, who will then go on to cost taxpayers even more in the future. But sure, let's be Mike fucking Hosking about things and make it a simple case of landlords are saints who provide shelter to those in need out of the goodness of their hearts, and the renters better be bloody grateful because the current market value of a house is sky high and has absolutely no relation to the amount of profit that can be extracted from people who are now priced out of buying for themselves.
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