One of the potential problems with living in a ‘tiny house’ could be a feeling of being hemmed in. But how would it be if you could manually rotate the home to soak up as much sunshine and views as…
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Running out of land
Land for new homes is not keeping pace with demand and, as a consequence, prices will increase further, new research predicts. The HIA-CoreLogic Residential Land Report shows that over the year to September 2021, the median price of land in…
Read moreResidential real estate skyrockets
Australia’s residential real estate market soared through 2021, with record-breaking sales and a meteoric rise in values, a new report shows. Aussie’s Property Market Update for January 2022 notes that the estimated value of residential real estate reached record highs…
Read moreQueensland buyers win grace period
From this week, Queensland’s property buyers will no longer automatically lose their deposit if the settlement deadline falls through. Under a controversial rule, Queensland was the only Australian state that didn’t grant a two-week grace period if a deadline fell…
Read moreLasting colour for the garden
Right now, your garden or balcony is probably a riot of colour, as flowering plants, shrubs and rose bushes celebrate the warm, wet, mid-summer growing season. But how can you keep the colours bright, once the cooler months come around…
Read moreThe green indoors
Are you itching to start growing your own food but have no room for a garden? LG has you covered, with its latest invention unveiled at CES 2022 this month. LG’s ‘Tiiun’ (which means ‘to sprout’ in Korean) is a…
Read moreHome lending rebounds
Owner-occupier lending rebounded in November, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest figures show that the value of new loans for housing rose 6.3% to $31.4 billion in November 2021 (seasonally adjusted),…
Read moreWhat’s ahead in 2022
2021 was an unprecedented year for Australian housing markets, so what can we expect in 2022? Property valuation analysts Corelogic offer some predictions. Data collated for Corelogic’s Home Value Index in the final months of 2021 shows that the number…
Read moreBuyer preferences changing
Australia’s homebuyers have different priorities than they did two years ago, new research shows. A recent survey commissioned by national broker Mortgage Choice found that the demands of working from home over the last two years has changed homebuyers’ preferences.…
Read moreTips for moving in a pandemic
Most of us have grown used to staying at home over the past two years, but for those who have to move into a new home, that is not an option. Yet with a little extra planning and a few…
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