I was reading this article in the Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/05/ ... 39197.html
And it put me onto this site:
http://www.bubblepedia.net.au/tiki-index.php
I consider Sydney to be in a more advanced stage of a housing bubble, and it is also a much larger city with a more complex real estate market. But it is still interesting to see rent vs own comparisons and other stuff that is familar to us here.