tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post9070292608572441058..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Laissez-faire in Tokyo land usePeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25081664449501940812016-08-11T18:46:52.827+12:002016-08-11T18:46:52.827+12:00I tried to get some idea of actual costs of homes,...I tried to get some idea of actual costs of homes, and compare the costs and the rates of inflation in that country over the last twenty years.<br />Google says here is the actual cost of a house converted to the cost index comparative increase, and applying the zambesi Keynes formula, actual graph form starting from august 2015, in unreadable format 54 pixels by 35 and if you can understand that you should not be looking up housing.<br /><br />All I wanted to know was why Tokyo had such flat, near nil cost increase, And I still don’t know.<br />Looks like 1995 to 2015 Auckland house $220,000 to about $850,000 four fold increase Christchurch house $120,000 to about $380,000 three fold increase <br /><br />So I can not shift to Auckland or London even if I want to.<br />Our CPI increases at 5% from 1995 [ actually 4.7% ] are a 2.5 fold increase, over 20 years.<br />I read somewhere that our Housing prices are not properly included in CPI.<br />And the amount of homework here, I think I might fail the exams, and be sent down a class, you said Montessori was a breeze.<br /><br /><br />paul scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675247055484136242noreply@blogger.com