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[Hopperbin]

Klaus have you heard in the news lately about Chinese banks clamping down on Chinese that purchase new homes? Second one you need x more down and 3rd one x more and 4th one you cannot borrow anymore. This is actually a problem in China citizens buying houses just so that they have a place to stay for 3 weeks of the year when they visit relatives, when most are just struggling. Large city blocks, gated, not many going in and out, but guards, gardenners, cleaners working their job.

BTO you probably donated your semen to the huts and just trying to give your kids a hard time. LOL my dad likes to do that to me time to time.

[Klause]

I'm not saying that outside investors are evil, or that land should be "cheap".


However, it should have a fair value - not inflation - When you get inflated values, everyone starts waiting to sell until it's worth more... this continues until the crash.

There is always an eventual crash. Once it comes, you have panic, and then land will sell for a 3rd of what it is trading at now...

What concerns me is that foreign investment should not be allowed into food production. We need to preserve our food supply like every other country - and export surplus. The moment we allow foreigners into the food production chain we as a country loose security... No other country allows it, why should we?


As a young farmer, I like the idea of some of these investment firms - it lets me grow fast without the need to lay out all that capital up front...

In fact, between my girlie and me, we're looking at investing $500,000 in farmland in E.C. SK in the next year or two... and rent enough more to have 1600 acres to plant...

[sumdumguy]

Speculation on farm land didn't last long in 1980.

I suspect the bubble will burst again. Word on
the street is that it is already happening.

[newguy]

Sask farmland is coming up in price this cycle not only because of grain prices but also because of the overall investment atmosphere in Sask. Farmland in Ontario and Alberta has been over valued for years now. Once you get that people bring money...money brings people...economy it takes alot to slow things down.

[Hopperbin]

Somedumguy you may be correct. If one looks at the stock market investors no matter where they are from don't want to wait too long to show profit. The retired or close I think will tend to go to the dividend investment so they can see a steady return every year not worrying about weather the stock price goes up of down at least they got their div. On most stocks there is such a high amount of stocks traded every day that not many owners are hanging onto the stocks for any length of time. Then there is the stocks that are making money and they all fall in a market crash no matter if they are making money or not, like the one we just had. So could be interesting times. Just glad I don't need to stepping into the land buying market.

[rhoff]

"What concerns me is that foreign investment
should not be allowed into food production"

If you are white and a farmer you are the product
of foreign investment in Canadian food
production.When we sell are grain we expect the
right to sell to the highest bidder why should land
owners not have that right too.
You think they are overpaying and they think
they are getting a good deal that difference of
opinion is what makes a market.Who is right?

[rhoff]

Klause your comment about Chinese being
leaches doesn't make any sense.Why be
offended by other human beings trying to protect
their own interests.Don't you and I kind of have
that in common with them?

[TOM4CWB]

rhoff,

I agree.... but;

The Chinese are masters of gov. regulation and are very intelligent.

Few and Far between are the instances where their NATIONAL interests are not directly connected to the investments they make.

This can be a 2 way street... if we strategically interconnect in ways that limits our exposure to loss of our Canadian sovereignty.