New build apartment prices are forecast to grow 23% by 2026 as supply tightens, new research shows. CBRE’s ‘Apartment Vacancy and Rent Outlook 2H 2024’ estimates that over the next ten years, demand for housing is expected to benefit from…
If you, or your kids, are thinking you might need to dip into the Bank of Mum and Dad to help them buy a home, UK multi-listing site Zoopla has some interesting insights to consider. According to Zoopla’s analysis, nearly…
For those who would sometimes love to relax in a bath but don’t have the space in their bathroom, comes the ‘Bathtope’ – a fabric bath that can be folded away after use. On display this week at DesignArt Tokyo…
If Spring has you dreaming of changing things round in your home, why not consider creating a multi-colour paint scheme using three or four different colours in the same room. The idea might be daunting for the novice, so the…
It’s only a matter of days now until the little neighbourhood monsters-for-a-night come knocking on your door, demanding a trick or a treat. Instead of just handing over sweets this year, here are some simple tricks to fill your home…
A harbourside mansion in Sydney has been named in a list of the seven most expensive houses in the world. With an estimated value of £104m (AU$202m), the Point Piper house offers just four bedrooms but 2,676sqm of land, 98m…
Apartment building continues to fluctuate, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The latest figures show that the total number of dwellings commenced in Australia fell 1.1% to 40,293 in the June quarter, in seasonally…
With housing availability at an all-time low, a QUT economist is proposing older homeowners be given incentives to rent out their spare bedrooms. Dr Lyndall Bryant, from the QUT Centre for Justice and School of Economics and Finance, has published…
Confidence in new home building is returning, new data has revealed this week. While the latest HIA New Home Sales report shows that the number of sales in September remained unchanged from the previous month, sales over the past twelve…
Spring is here and quite a few homeowners are thinking about putting their home on the market. The question is, what will attract the most buyers in the shortest amount of time? Homebuyers these days aren’t just looking for new…
