The latest figures from the Bendigo Bank/REIA Real Estate Market Facts Report show that regional areas in Australia are seeing high demand and strong price growth, according to Your Investment Property. Strong housing growth can be seen in areas o
Read MoreEnding the green building movement as a distinct group is the only way for it to become successful, according to Matthew Trigg, a cities and urban policy specialist, for The Fifth Estate. Green building means creating better or good-quality buildi
Read MoreAustralian Property Monitors revealed that Sydney has broken house price records with its highest median price, on Your Investment Property. Median house prices for outer Sydney and Canterbury-Bankstown improved from the 2011 peak by over 10%. The
Read MoreHouse prices are increasing, showing signs of bubbles, but they aren’t fully inflated, according to The Economist. Homes in Australia, New Zealand and Canada are overpriced and there are bubbles in house prices in Britain and Sweden. However, in
Read MoreThere were many things that happened and didn’t happen in the Australian property market this year, according to Terry Ryder for Property Observer. What never happenedHousing bubble White-hot property market Inability to afford property
Read MoreAustralia needs strong cities, and new planning reforms are essential to managing growth in the cities, according to Lucy Turnbull, Chair of the Committee for Sydney, for The Fifth Estate. First is social sustainability, which can be achieved by dev
Read MoreInvestors should make the most of a property’s aspect and lighting, no matter if it’s facing the north or south, or the east or west, according to Property Observer.A north-facing property is more desirable as it receives more sunlight during
Read MoreHere we are again at the last CurtiseCall for another year with our custom being to road test the predictions made in the previous year before sticking our neck out with prognostications for the next.In December 2012, we first predicted that conc
Read MoreProperty buyers are at risk from misleading auction clearance rates, according to strategist Mark Bayley of AquAsia. Real estate agents report only a fraction of auction results, which are biased and could lead buyers into the property market withou
Read MoreIn the property market, negative gearing is good for investors and homeowners, but bad for renters and first home buyers. Here’s what the property experts have to say about changing or not changing negative gearing, thanks to Property Observer. Ac
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