Comments on: The Land Boomers http://dailyreckoning.com/the-land-boomers/ Entertaining Ideas on the Economy, Markets, Gold, Oil and Investing Strategies. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DW http://dailyreckoning.com/the-land-boomers/#comment-147751 DW Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:01:06 +0000 http://agoratestsite.com/wordpress-dr/?p=6509#comment-147751 Hmmm.. 2 points; Generally they use 7%, not 5% to stay ahead of inflation => $2.8 Million 2ndly, is that good value vs today prices or the long term average propery price? 3rdly, some sort of wage / purchasing power comparison would be needed.. Hmmm.. 2 points;
Generally they use 7%, not 5% to stay ahead of inflation => $2.8 Million
2ndly, is that good value vs today prices or the long term average propery price?
3rdly, some sort of wage / purchasing power comparison would be needed..

]]> By: Glenn Peters http://dailyreckoning.com/the-land-boomers/#comment-142403 Glenn Peters Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:53:27 +0000 http://agoratestsite.com/wordpress-dr/?p=6509#comment-142403 @Dave: We don't constrict data sets to one human lifetime. Many articles and commentaries (like this one) talk about previous housing booms and busts and use historical data from many ago. Simply put, in present value terms, those £300 acres in Burwood were good value, even at the height of the then boom. @Dave: We don’t constrict data sets to one human lifetime. Many articles and commentaries (like this one) talk about previous housing booms and busts and use historical data from many ago. Simply put, in present value terms, those £300 acres in Burwood were good value, even at the height of the then boom.

]]> By: dave http://dailyreckoning.com/the-land-boomers/#comment-142302 dave Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:50:43 +0000 http://agoratestsite.com/wordpress-dr/?p=6509#comment-142302 Glenn peters - maybe but you would also be dead Glenn peters – maybe but you would also be dead

]]> By: Glenn Peters http://dailyreckoning.com/the-land-boomers/#comment-142212 Glenn Peters Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:14:46 +0000 http://agoratestsite.com/wordpress-dr/?p=6509#comment-142212 Land in Burwood in 1885 for £300 good value or not?? £300 invested over 125 years @ 5%pa compounded annually = £133,593 x 2 (decimal currency) = $267,186 per acre... quite a bargain. If you were solvent and just held out for 125 years, this would have proved to be a very wise investment ;>) FV of Land in Burwood in 1885 for £300 good value or not?? £300 invested over 125 years @ 5%pa compounded annually = £133,593 x 2 (decimal currency) = $267,186 per acre… quite a bargain. If you were solvent and just held out for 125 years, this would have proved to be a very wise investment ;>)

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