After the blues, yellows and greys of recent years, the colour of 2023 is going to be bold and fearless, Pantone has announced. Widely recognised as the world authority on colour, Pantone Inc has this year decreed that the Colour…
The future of home construction is starting to look quite different, with an entire community of 100 3D-printed homes outside Austin, Texas being released for sale early this year. The three- and four-bedroom homes were built on-site by enormous machinery,…
For lovers of gold and glitz, the swank New York townhouse of the late Ivana Trump is on the market for $26.5 million. Dating from 1879, the six-story residence boasts crystal chandeliers, pink onyx bathrooms, a leopard-print office, Swedish sauna,…
2022 has been a year of remarkable resilience in the property market, a new report suggests. CoreLogic’s annual ‘Best of the Best’ report, which sums up the property market’s performance and provides an outlook for the year ahead, shows a…
As we celebrate the end of the year with family and friends, a special thought should be spared for the furry friends who share our lives. We might look forward to decking the tree and indulging on seasonal foods, but…
The value of Australia’s homes has dropped over the year, but it is a patchy result, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The new figures show that the total value of residential dwellings in…
With just over a week to Christmas, Australia’s streets are filled with homes brilliantly decorated with festoons of lights. Hopefully, a lot of those lights will be solar-powered LED globes. According to energy provider Ausgrid, the cost of running 32…
If you have plans to go away over the holidays, you might be wondering how to keep your treasured indoor plants watered and healthy. An easy way is to fill a large container with water and place the pots around…
Australia’s home values fell again in November, albeit by a small amount, new figures show. CoreLogic’s latest monthly Home Value Index has revealed that national dwelling values fell 1.0% in November, the smallest monthly decline since June. Despite seven consecutive…
No Christmas gift for borrowers from the Reserve Bank of Australia this week, with the Board again lifting the official cash rate, this time by 0.25 basis points to 3.10%. It was the eighth straight rate rise since May, when…
