Category: Articles
High Income Correlates To Prestige House Prices
November 22nd, 2013Income data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) sourced from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) showed average annual incomes of $100,000 plus for 20 suburbs across Australia between 2010-2011, with a high correlation between high
Read MoreA survival guide to buying in the Spring/Summer 2013 Sydney property market over $1 million
November 22nd, 2013Apparently unable to resist the lure of the auction room despite analyses such as CurtiseCall April 2013 and in an indication that four interest rate reductions since October 2012 were beginning to work their way through the system, Sydney property b
Read MoreBushfire Building Safeguards
November 21st, 2013The early start to the bushfire season across Australia, which caused widespread property damage in New South Wales and Queensland, has highlighted the need to stop relying on emergency fire fighting management and controlled burning. Instead, we sho
Read MoreCaryn Kakas Comments on Housing, Optimism and the Greens
November 5th, 2013The Property Council of Australia's Head of External and Government Affairs, Caryl Kakas, has some unexpected views on a range of contemporary issues. She believes that through the use of a single rating tool, national harmonised standards of sustai
Read MoreEnergy Efficient Doesn’t Always Mean Sustainable
November 3rd, 2013Because more businesses are migrating to sustainable buildings, a consistent approach to goals, results and critiques is important, says Tyler Caine for The Fifth Estate. He warns that unless these components are prioritised, there is a real risk of
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