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Observationally it's less " a home is your piggy bank and retirement plan "

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" at least seven homes should get you by " with many opting for more.

A great many people I've known from school days in the late 70s | early 80s just kept buying more houses after a long haul getting the first one (interest in Australia early on was tough, then easier).

Enough people got carried away with property accumulation that they're now competing with each other and both snapping up new properties fast and pushing prices for first buyers out of reach.




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