perth house prices to drop 5 percent, page-9

You would only care with a very short term outlook given your case. That is the main factor with property that people find difficult to grasp.

Property is forgiving. In that if you pay too high a price, then over time it will not matter. Providing what you paid was not exhorbitant.You reduce your gain but you still profit.

Try that with shares and see what occurs, they are not so forgiving.