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Why not rent out the spare room?

By Adam Nobel

With housing availability at an all-time low, a QUT economist is proposing older homeowners be given incentives to rent out their spare bedrooms. Dr Lyndall Bryant, from the QUT Centre for Justice and School of Economics and Finance, has published…

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Confidence lifting new homes

By Adam Nobel

Confidence in new home building is returning, new data has revealed this week. While the latest HIA New Home Sales report shows that the number of sales in September remained unchanged from the previous month, sales over the past twelve…

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For sale: summer outdoors

By Adam Nobel

Spring is here and quite a few homeowners are thinking about putting their home on the market. The question is, what will attract the most buyers in the shortest amount of time? Homebuyers these days aren’t just looking for new…

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Are your fans in winter mode?

By Adam Nobel

With the advent of warmer weather, now is a good time to switch the direction on ceiling fans, if you had them on ‘winter mode’ during the colder months. The blades should turn anticlockwise during summer and clockwise through winter,…

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A life, in shells

By Adam Nobel

Selling the family home often brings angst and perhaps some guilt, but it must be so much harder when the house is a 300-year-old cottage decorated by your grandfather using tens of thousands of seashells. Kevin L. Ffrench was a…

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Lending up

By Adam Nobel

Queensland borrowers drove home new lending in August, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The latest figures show that the total value of new housing loans rose by 1% in August to $30.4 billion.…

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Take a break, count the birds

By Adam Nobel

Next week (14-20 October), Australians of all ages will be heading outdoors to a patch of green space, be it their backyard, park or local wetland, and getting to know their local birds, while helping BirdLife Australia collect information about…

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Time to cover up

By Adam Nobel

Consumer advocacy group Choice has released a review of 50 home insurance policies, naming quite a few as being over-priced and under-delivering. So, why be insured? With escalating costs and so many products – good and bad – on the…

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Be ready for bushfires

By Adam Nobel

Do you have a plan to follow in the event of approaching bushfires? When is the right time to leave? What would you take? If you live near bushland, spend 20 minutes this weekend with the family discussing what you’ll…

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Trading horses for houses

By Adam Nobel

After 182 years of horseracing, Singapore’s turf club ran its final meet last weekend, with the land now to be handed back to the government for housing. The news must have boosted the hopes of the NSW government, which is…

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