With the advent of warmer weather, now is a good time to switch the direction on ceiling fans, if you had them on ‘winter mode’ during the colder months. The blades should turn anticlockwise during summer and clockwise through winter,…
Selling the family home often brings angst and perhaps some guilt, but it must be so much harder when the house is a 300-year-old cottage decorated by your grandfather using tens of thousands of seashells. Kevin L. Ffrench was a…
Queensland borrowers drove home new lending in August, 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 by 1% in August to $30.4 billion.…
Next week (14-20 October), Australians of all ages will be heading outdoors to a patch of green space, be it their backyard, park or local wetland, and getting to know their local birds, while helping BirdLife Australia collect information about…
Consumer advocacy group Choice has released a review of 50 home insurance policies, naming quite a few as being over-priced and under-delivering. So, why be insured? With escalating costs and so many products – good and bad – on the…
Do you have a plan to follow in the event of approaching bushfires? When is the right time to leave? What would you take? If you live near bushland, spend 20 minutes this weekend with the family discussing what you’ll…
After 182 years of horseracing, Singapore’s turf club ran its final meet last weekend, with the land now to be handed back to the government for housing. The news must have boosted the hopes of the NSW government, which is…
Age, career, family, saving the deposit – so many factors might influence the decision to purchase your first property. How do you know when the time is right? Here are some tell-tale signs that you are ready to buy your…
Australia’s home values continue to inch higher, new data shows. Corelogic’s monthly update revealed this week that dwelling values increased by just 0.4% in the first month of spring. This was broadly in line with the monthly change in July…
Building approvals fell back again in August, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The seasonally adjusted figures show that the total number of dwellings approved fell 6.1% in August to 13,991, after an…
