Author: Adam Nobel

Australia’s home values continued to stabilise over January, according to Corelogic’s monthly update released this week. CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index (HVI) fell a further 1.0% in January, a slight improvement on the 1.1% decline recorded in December, and the…

Young Australian homebuyers are happy to consider novel ways of getting into the property market, new data has revealed. NAB research released this week shows that 40% of young Australians are now considering buying a property with someone other than…

Are you considering installing a solar system but are still weighing up the benefits and drawbacks? Finn Peacock, a Chartered Electrical Engineer who worked with CSIRO and founded advisory website SolarQuotes in 2009, has researched the seven most common mistakes…

Landscaping, lighting, fresh paint and a new front door can all improve your home’s appeal, but one of the easiest and most often overlooked ways is with stylish new front door hardware. If you have a nondescript or worn doorknob,…

Following the news last week that inflation has just reached yet another peak, economists now believe that it is not likely to go any higher. In an update this week, CommSec economists are predicting that inflation is expected to return…

Frazzled parents gave a sigh of relief this week with the news that organiser guru Marie Kondo has ‘kind of given up’ on maintaining a tidy house, after all. The woman who coined the concept of only keeping ‘what gives…

The number of homes being built around Australia broke records in 2022, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The figures show that the total number of dwellings under construction reached a new record of…

Everyone has a theory on how the dishwasher should be stacked – but many of us are not so knowledgeable about how to keep it clean and running efficiently. Choice whitegoods expert Ashley Iredale says that sometimes it’s the things…

Summer in Australia is traditionally fairly extreme, and this year has been no exception. In the midst of a heat wave you’ll notice it’s not just the kids who like to get out and play under the hose – there…

Land prices remained relatively stable over much of 2022, new data has revealed. The latest HIA-CoreLogic Residential Land Report shows that new residential land prices declined by 0.2% in the September Quarter 2022 to $328,954, remaining relatively stable over the…