Author: Adam Nobel

Confidence in the property market is high and likely to stay that way, economists are predicting this week. NAB’s quarterly Australian Residential Property Survey for the first quarter 2021 shows that housing market sentiment has lifted sharply to a new…

While we’re on the topic, thousands of homebuyers or renovators can now be sure that they will still receive their HomeBuilder grants, after the Federal Government this week extended the construction start requirement from six to 18 months for all…

Whether you have a carload of kids to get to school, or you’ve just arrived home on a rainy night, the last thing anyone needs is for the garage door to suddenly stop working.   Yet the malfunction could be…

Anzac Day (25th April) falls on Sunday this year, leaving many wondering whether Monday is a public holiday. Turns out, it is and it isn’t, depending on where you live. After some states decided a few years ago that the…

  HomeBuilder, combined with low-interest rates, changing population dynamics and improving market confidence, led to strong sales of new homes through to the end of 2020, a new report shows. The HIA New Home Sales report has revealed that sales…

New home building hit a 20-year high in the final months of 2020, according to new data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The seasonally adjusted figures show that the total number of homes commenced rose 18.6%…

  Australia’s housing prices have soared by more than 500% over the past 25 years, the Real Estate Institute (REIA) has found. Historic REIA data shows, in fact, that the median price for housing in Australia inflated from $160,000 in…