澳洲房价为什么不跌：连国际刑警红色通缉令上的人

在澳大利亚地产投资



澳洲和很多国家没有引渡协议，国际刑警全球红色通缉的罪犯，澳洲尚且不遣返，所以事发跑路的有钱人都喜欢澳洲置业。

这对父子是从车祸受害者身上榨了不少钱跑路的南非律师，南非的资产全被冻结了，以色列的银行户头被冻结了1000多万澳币，但还是有钱在澳洲买豪宅。

老爹原话说，我们跑路的时候心里十分痛苦，不想跑，但为了家人不得不跑，除了身上穿的衣服，啥也没带走。

“We agonised over it. I didn’t want to but had to think of my family. We fled just with the clothes on our backs.”

（好吧，你买豪宅的钱是身上衣服换的？）

父子二人的律师说，他们受南非社区的排斥，还住在贫民窟里。

the Bobroffs’ lawyer, John Cameron, this week described them as living in a “ghetto” and said they had been treated like “pariahs” in their community.

(好吧，二百五十万的宅，是贫民窟，这让人情何以堪？)

儿子在悉尼开了地产公司，老爹打算重操旧业，申请NSW的律师资格。




Fugitive lawyers live it up in Aussie

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Bobroff, son wanted on suspicion of fleecing RAF victims

● A wealthy lawyer and his son who fled South Africa after allegedly fleecing Road Accident Fund victims out of millions of rands are living a life of luxury in Australia.

Despite international arrest warrants issued for them, Ronald Bobroff and his son, Darren, live in upmarket homes in the Sydney suburb of St Ives. They have avoided arrest and extradition for the past two years while the Hawks complete their investigation.
Darren, who now runs a successful property business in Sydney’s upmarket Northern Beaches and North Shore suburbs, lives in a house estimated to cost R25-million. Ronald has begun his comeback into the legal fraternity after being struck from the roll in South Africa.
The Bobroffs fled to Australia in March 2016, just days before they were due to hand themselves over to the Hawks to be arrested. Shortly afterwards, Interpol issued Red Notices for their arrest.
Ronald’s wife, Elaine, was arrested soon thereafter and charged with fraud and money laundering, but the charges were dropped.
Claimants, many of whom suffered lifechanging injuries in car crashes, lodged a litany of complaints against the Bobroffs, alleging that they charged a contingency fee of 40% of RAF payouts, exceeding the cap of 25%.
Some claims have been settled, but the Bobroffs still allegedly still owe at least R12million to 10 of their former clients. If extradited, they will face multiple fraud charges.
Ronald has applied to join the Law Society of New South Wales. The family’s Facebook pages show an idyllic life with photographs of yachts anchored in Sydney harbour, an azure ocean and white beaches, and the two men with family in a park.
In stark contrast, the people they allegedly stole millions of rands from through massively inflated billing are struggling.
“All they did was enrich themselves off our pain and suffering,” said Lenasia resident Sandy Chetty, whose husband, Mark, died in 2014 after being left paralysed in a 2010 car crash.
The Sunday Times has learnt the Bobroffs are offering their former clients money if they sign agreements not to pursue criminal or civil charges against them. Yasmin Motara, who lost her job after her accident in 2009, said that in March the Bobroffs convinced her to sign an agreement that she would not pursue legal action against them if she received the rest of her money. “I got a R6.5-million payout from the RAF in 2015. I discovered the Bobroffs should only have received R400 000 for their legal fees, but they took R1.2-million.
“Just after I launched my legal challenge they fled to Australia. It took a year to get an additional R180 000 out of them, which they only agreed to pay if I didn’t pursue them legally any further. I signed it because I was financially desperate.”
The Bobroffs have had their Israeli bank accounts, which contain over R100-million, frozen. On Monday they succeeded in having a court application by the NPA to have the money forfeited to the state postponed. The case will now be heard on August 13.
Despite their luxurious lifestyle, the Bobroffs’ lawyer, John Cameron, this week described them as living in a “ghetto” and said they had been treated like “pariahs” in their community.
“They are looked down on. Their community WhatsApp group carries whispers of the vindictive lies about them.
“The only benefit that they have there is that they won’t be murdered and raped as they would be in South Africa’s prisons.”
In June, Australian lawyer Peter Cashman wrote a glowing testimonial for Bobroff, who has applied to join the Law Society of New South Wales, describing him as a “person of integrity”.
He wrote that Bobroff, “who led the struggle in opposing the South African government’s efforts to dramatically reduce the compensation recoverable by road accident victims”, would prove to be a valuable member of the solicitors’ profession in New South Wales.
But Cashman told the Sunday Times this week that his only association with Bobroff was from professional contact he had with him on a visit to South Africa.
“Bobroff made contact with me recently in Sydney and asked me to provide a reference based on that connection. I did so. I have no detailed knowledge of the matters which gave rise to his removal from legal practice in South Africa.”
Imelda Craglietto, the society’s registry compliance officer, said it was unable to comment on individual applications, and that Bobroff did not currently hold a practising certificate in New South Wales.
“The society is aware of an international arrest warrant for Bobroff and of a criminal investigation,” she said.
She said the laws that governed legal practice in New South Wales stated the society “must not grant or renew an Australian practising certificate if it considered the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold the certificate”.
On the state’s forfeiture application in South Africa, Cameron said: “For a successful forfeiture application the state must prove the money in bank accounts is the proceeds of crime. Why would the Bobroffs be so stupid as to transfer that money into accounts in their own names?
“The money the state says is the proceeds of crime is nowhere near R100-million. They have over the years only made about R68million, but that was not through criminal actions. That was through their various legal work, which was beyond the RAF cases. The funds were paid from the RAF to their trust fund, then into their business account and then to the clients. How do you prove which is stolen money and which isn’t?”
Darren told the Sunday Times in a phone interview that living abroad was not easy. “Coming here at my age and trying to make a life, with a traumatised family, is hard. Even now we still receive e-mails threatening our lives.
“But at least it’s a good country, safe and civilised, and things work with a fair justice system, which South Africa does not have.”
He labelled the Interpol warrants mere “notices” issued on fabricated information.
Ronald — a former president of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces — told the Sunday Times that there was no evidence that money was missing from their trust fund. “We defended our clients with diligence. We gave our lives to the public interest. We have never done a client in by a cent,” he said.
He said they fled because of threats to murder them.
“We agonised over it. I didn’t want to but had to think of my family. We fled just with the clothes on our backs. We long to come home, but can’t until it’s safe to do so.”
He declined to comment on his application to the law society.
Their complaints of hardship are no comfort to Chetty, who said her husband’s death had been too much to bear.
“Since his accident we have fought the Bobroffs. They promised to help us, but all they did was enrich themselves off our pain and suffering.”
She said initially the Bobroffs had been good, but their attitude changed as the court case against the RAF approached.
“Two days before the court case they changed our contract, raising their costs. On the court day they forced us to sign more documents. They wouldn’t explain what they were.
“They dragged everything out, raising the costs. We were told by the RAF we would get R8-million, but when we got to court the Bobroffs told us they had signed the settlement for R4.2-million.”
She said when they received their money they only got R3-million.
“We couldn’t understand. It took years of further legal challenges to get the remaining R700 000 [from the Bobroffs], which we were rightfully due.”
Within months of winning their case against the Bobroffs, her husband died.
“It’s not like we are millionaires. My husband’s medical bills were huge. Most of the money went to paying off that debt. I took my children out of college because it was too expensive.
“We trusted the Bobroffs with our lives and they robbed us. They robbed a dying man.”
Lawyer Anthony Millar said he had assisted many of the Bobroffs’ clients and there were still 10 left who were collectively owed in the region of R12-million. “The difficulty with fighting these cases is that the Bobroffs are using the allegedly misappropriated money to fight us to a standstill,” he said.
“Another problem is that there is a time prescript against claims against lawyers by their clients . The true extent of how much is owed may never be known because many of the claims have had to fall away.”
NPA spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku confirmed the docket had been returned to the Hawks because the investigation was incomplete.
“Because the investigation is incomplete one cannot institute extradition proceedings. In extradition proceedings, the charges the accused face must be disclosed to the requested state with guarantees the accused will not face any additional charges.
“The prosecutor has said there are outstanding documents which are needed, hence the indictment cannot be concluded.”
Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi confirmed that neither the investigation nor the forensic audit had been completed. He was unable to say when they would be. The amounts allegedly taken would be known once the audit was completed, he said.
Cameron said there was nothing malicious about the agreement signed with Motara and others.
“It was a commercial decision taken by the Bobroffs to stop the barrage of litigation which was bordering on harassment.

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澳大利亚楼市撑不住了？悉尼房价创2008年以来最大的年度下跌
作者： 曹泽熙
2018-07-28 15:22
占澳大利亚全国房地产总值三分之二的悉尼和墨尔本房价下挫是地产下行的重要原因。然而这可能还不是终点，国际清算银行预计该国房地产价格将在2020年下挫23%。

坚挺了数十年的澳大利亚房产最近并不好过。

澳大利亚两大城市悉尼和墨尔本的房价目前已经滑落至2016年时的水平。

据澳大利亚新闻网站援引研究机构Domain最新发布的一份报告指出，悉尼和墨尔本房价的下挫是澳大利亚六年来首次出现年度房价下跌的主要驱动力。澳大利全国房价中位数在二季度和过去的一年中分别同比下降1个百分点，这也是2012年以来，澳大利亚房价首次年度下滑。

澳大利亚两大城市悉尼和墨尔本的房地产占到了全国房地产总产值的三分之二。在过去的12个月中，悉尼独栋房屋价格同比下降了4.5%，这是2008年以来出现的最大降幅，同期，悉尼公寓价格也下降了3.5%。

Domin的房地产分析师Nicola Powell指出，目前悉尼的独栋房屋和公寓价格已经跌落到了2016年底的水平，更紧的信贷约束和更多的新公寓供给是悉尼房价跳水的重要原因。

然而，这可能还不是澳大利亚房价下挫的终点。

据国际清算银行牛津经济学研究（BIS Oxford Economics）指出，由于大量新房开工，澳大利亚将面临2008年金融危机以来最大的房价调整，房价可能将在2020年下跌23%。而澳大利亚对投资房地产管控的加深，尤其是对外国人投资房地产管控的加深，都将会让该国房地产雪上加霜。

此前，国际清算银行的一份报告指出，在过去的55年中，澳大利亚房价涨了6556%，并且一直处于上涨周期，但没有过下跌周期（国际清算银行的统计方式为，连续三年及以上出现上涨或下跌，即为上涨/下跌周期）。

瑞银分析认为，上世纪90年代以来的低利率助推了澳大利亚超半个世纪的牛市。但随着澳联储加息的临近，澳大利亚的房产大牛市可能终结。

在这55年中，澳大利亚名义房价年均增长8.1%，基本上每九年房价就翻一番。从增速方面来看，澳大利亚在者47个经济体中仅排名第六，次于西班牙（年均增速9.8%）、英国（年均增速9.3%）、新西兰（年均增速8.8%）、意大利（年均增速8.8%）和爱尔兰（年均增速8.7%）。

调整CPI等因素后的实际涨幅，澳大利亚也位居前列，达到了年均3.0%。略逊于英国（3.9%）、奥地利（3.8%）和日本（3.8%）。

2000年后，澳大利亚的房价涨势更猛。澳大利亚涨幅接近150%，仅次于新西兰。


图表来自国际清算银行、瑞士银行

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地主家园

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中介：房价永远涨

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中介：房价永远涨

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说实话，澳洲移民的构成确不如美国，澳洲由太多少爷小姐过来，但也并不是所有华人都是没国内的钱，就在澳洲活不下去的。很多华人都有稳定专业工作，挣澳洲的钱，花澳洲钱，人家是真正的移民，有真才实力，过的很简单很充实，安生在澳洲过日子，很多人也根本没时间炒房，当房东，二房东，往往那些英语说不顺的少爷小姐大妈大爷卷着国内钱移民澳洲的，一直过着在社会边缘，做不了正经工作，只能天天房子房子，炒房做房产中介，做的都是华人生意。现在澳洲政府限制移民，留学生，本地澳人各种排外，让房价猛跌，表明就是狠狠扇给这部分边缘华人的耳光，可偏偏很多人没有任何其他专业技能，眼看房价以每季度2位数猛跌，还无耻跑到华人论坛，叫嚷房价涨，基本就是半疯状态,其实对于本地AUSSIE,影响也没多大，人家都有稳定专业工作。旱涝保收。 可很多醉心投机的华人就很难说了，奉劝炒房华人，中介，BROKER们，稍微平复一下情绪，房子跌不停，贷款一分钱都不能少还，想开点，心理健康很重要，该投简历投简历，找份正经工作吧。

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跑到澳洲炒房，真不如呆在国内炒房。LZ说的有道理，早改行早主动，另外形势变了，识时务。

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房价永远涨

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