Chandler works his ‘magic’ on Mascot Towers

TonyC wrote:

I know of one investor who has received a sales contract from the NSW Government to sell for the price of … $158,000. She owes $700,000 on her mortgage, and regrettably, will not be able to accept the offer.

It’s not good but I think it’s better than investors being completely excluded from the deal, as they were originally. Mr Chandler’s view is that property investors – those who buy in purely as an investment – are basically the same as people who buy stocks and shares.  You put your money down with no guarantee that it won’t be going into a bubble that could burst.
The difference for property investors is that they get negative gearing if things go horribly wrong, as they have in this case.  It’s not great; it’s not even good for some, but it’s the best anyone has come up with so far.  If the property was worth much more in real terms, investors would be falling over themselves to be part of the rescue plan.

Sounds like some creative accounting might help.