QUOTE(Apscen @ Aug 27 2011, 08:21 PM)
you got to have very strong data in supporting the comment in bold, else it might raise uneasy for some people, especially RE ppls.
Well, to all RE agents, in Australia, I've literally seen RE agents simply quit their jobs, RE agencies closed down, currently the transactions are about 40% below peak I think, prices only drop like less than 10% or so.
Look around, and see how many RE agencies sprung up in the last couple of years. Honestly, no offence, if transactions do go down, how many agents will have to compete with each other...
Also for the mortgage brokers, once the music stops, you need to ask yourself could you survive with the base salary without commission.
Don't take this personally, it just happened in the US, Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Greece, Dubai etc 2 years ago. RE agencies and mortgage brokers went out of business. I'm not saying it will happen here...
Besides, the Chinese Housing Frenzy (I mean in China) is an engineered bubble, the west wanted to collapse China similar to Japan in the late 80s. Can the China dodge the bullet? Who knows...
This post has been edited by debtismoney: Aug 27 2011, 08:57 PM