The scope of Australia’s housing downturn has widened, with both capital cities and regional areas recording a drop in housing values through October. Yet the momentum of the downturn is slowing in some parts and values remain well above pre-Covid…
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Interest rates continue to rise, with the Reserve Bank of Australia this week lifting the official cash rate by a further 0.25 of a percentage point to nine-year high of 2.85%. It is the second time in twelve years that…
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Does your neighbourhood have a ‘library of things’? This relatively new movement gives locals the ability to borrow used tools, appliances or more things we would otherwise buy, use sometimes then leave forgotten in the garage for months or even…
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They may seem innocuous, but the street-front fences of many houses in London are actually emergency stretchers re-purposed after the end of WWII. The original metal fences had been torn down for use in the war effort, so they were…
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A quick way to cool your home during the summer months is to install a covered pergola to shade the windows, particularly on the east and western-facing sides of the house. For optimum effect, make sure it can be ‘reversed’…
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Baby Boomers, it seems, actually did ‘have it easier’, according to new census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In fact, the figures show that 25–39 year olds in 1991 were three times more likely to own their…
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A scheme to build one million new houses over five years from 2024 has been unveiled in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ first budget in an historic agreement between all levels of government, institutional investors and the construction sector. Chalmers used the…
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You might be on good terms with your neighbours, but you possibly don’t wish to see them (or have them see you) all the time. A simple solution for optimising your privacy is to install a screening hedge, which will…
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Australian households are increasingly making green choices and it is to everyone’s benefit, a new report shows. Authored by BIS Oxford Economics, QBE LMI’s latest Australian Housing Outlook ‘The Green Edition’ reveals that Australia has made many gains in the…
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Does your home reflect who you are, or what you do? The former home of writer Stephen King certainly does. While the house itself matches the neighbourhood for being large and expensive-looking, the fence and front gate give it away,…
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