Author: Adam Nobel

In perfect timing for Christmas, diehard fans of the movie Home Alone can now recreate Kevin’s home, with Lego. Kevin can slide down the stairs on his sled, land a clothes iron on Marv’s face, zipline down to his treehouse,…

Building approvals continue to fluctuate, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Despite a drop in September, demand for new home building is still high, with multi-units now racing ahead of stand-alone houses. The…

Australia is still building some of the biggest homes in the world, new research shows. Using data supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on the average floor area of new homes built in Australia, CommSec found that our…

Over half of Australian house hunters spend less than an hour inspecting a property, according to new research by ME Bank. A recent survey of 1,000 property owners revealed that once they found their dream home, 55% spent hardly any…

Coffee cups and milk cartons could soon be the building blocks of our homes, Planet Ark has just announced. This week is National Recycling Week, so what better time to reveal that major industry players have joined forces behind an…

Got ten minutes to sit and watch the world (of bugs) go past? For the second time this year (the first was in April, for Autumn) Wild Pollinator Count is asking Australians everywhere to spend just ten minutes next week…

As the weather heats up, you might be considering buying a new fan to aid in cooling the house. But beware, there are quite a few ‘shonky’ models on the market. Consumer advocacy group Choice recently named ‘knock-off bladeless fans’…

It was a sure bet, and we were all winners this week when the Reserve Bank (RBA) opted once again to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 0.1%. Australia’s borrowers are taking advantage of the steady run of record-low…

Brisbane has taken the lead in value growth, in a month which saw values and listings continue to rise around the country. CoreLogic’s national home value index, released this week, shows that Australian housing values rose 1.5% in October, a…

Lending continues to seesaw from owners to investors, with investors on the rise again, new data shows. Figures released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the value of new loans for housing fell 1.4% in…