The Boil
Can you feel the heat? The Tasmanian real estate market is hot again, or as the reprobates at The Mercury called it, ' back on boil .' As you might note, one lone soul voiced his disgust, "What rubbish, sensationalistic yet again. Another promo?" Before you ask, no, I'm not 'Blah' of Hobart. Our friend Blah has a reason to be frustrated. The Mercury couldn't put a name to the story and it was completely void of any detail, except for one figure - sales were up 9.8% in October - that was the reason to be happy and why sellers are in for a ripping good time. Except The Mercury's report left out one little detail - sales over the year. While prices were behaving schizophrenically over the state, up 12% in Hobart over the year; down 19% in Burnie; up 32% in Ulverstone and down 6% in Devonport, sales were doing in one clear direction - down. Crashing 16% in Hobart; 40% in Burnie; 55% in Ulverstone and 25% in Devonport. We can thank Sean Ford for the ho...