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Interest rates remain on hold yet again, following this week’s meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board. Despite – or perhaps because of – a dramatic spike in global volatility, the board decided to leave the official cash…

Lending rose again in June, 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 1.3% in June to $29.2 billion, in seasonally-adjusted terms. Owner-occupier…

This week (5-11 August) is Keep Australia Beautiful Week, with the theme ‘when you’re out and about…leave only your footprints’, and a focus on preventing litter and preserving biodiversity. Whether we’re enjoying a picnic at the park, a day at…

In a buyers’ market it’s good to boost your home with a unique point of value, but would you decorate it throughout like a scene out of the Barbie movie? A regular 3-br house in Hamilton, NJ has just been…

Australian homeowners are taking up renovations in record numbers, according to new data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest figures show that approvals for renovations reached an all-time high in June, with a rise…

Adelaide has this week been named the most beautiful city in the world by the Architectural Digest, ahead of Estonia’s Tallinn and Portsmouth in Dominica. Often referred to affectionately as ‘the city of churches’, Adelaide was lauded for its ‘surf,…

Australian parents want to empower their children to be financially literate and independent while spending safely, new research shows. Gone are the days of simply coins in a money box, it seems, with Westpac’s Youth Money Report showing that three…

Are you sick of looking at those ugly tiles and cracked brown 70s-style shower glass and wondering what it might cost to renovate your bathroom? Understandably, the answer will vary widely, depending on whether you settle for a simple screen…