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Old 04-05-2010, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Nesti View Post
The block in the hills is 17 acres and council approved for sub-division...I believe that sitting on an approved sub-dividable block, and doing nothing about it, is where the property market is, not heading. So as Perth expands you're effectively sitting on a block which has retained it's value in two ways; it hasn't been leached of value through sub-division and it is rarer. Mix in with the notion that property in Perth's hills is undervalued by 30-40%, makes for a good investment.
Our dearly beloved government is allowing councils to rate properties approved for subdivision as if they had been subdivided. So your 17 acres would be considered to be about 60 * 1/4 acre house blocks. At the about $1K/pa rates we pay for our 1200m2 that would not be amusing.
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