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November 16, 2008, 06:37
New homes built by custom home builders and quality project builders in Queensland, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Free inhome homebuilder consultation.
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  November 18, 2008, 07:51
  Contact Homemate for home design, new home building contracts and house and land packaging and new home building contracts by web form or by phone.
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    November 1, 2010, 16:55
    Free Display Home, House & Land package and home design promotions If you could get hundreds people every month interested in your homes and building…
  - Home Site Inspection
    December 29, 2010, 10:44
    Onsite Home Site Inspection To inspect your home site for building a home on, please call Rick Adlam on 0413 268 166 and we will set up a time to appraise…
  - Construction Loans
    December 29, 2010, 11:36
    When building a home on your land, you need a special type of loan, called a construction Loan. Once the home is complete,the loan will be incorporated into…
- Rick's Bio
  December 17, 2010, 10:50
  First Job: Electrical Fitter with The Electricity Trust of South Australia Lessons Learned: Learning a trade is a fortune. It is where theory, technology…
- What we do
  December 22, 2010, 10:12
  So what does HomeMate do? For all those that might be a little puzzled as to what HomeMate acually does but were too afraid to ask, I put the answer on this…
- Our Mission
  December 24, 2010, 09:06
  What is HomeMate's Mission? As you read the pages within Homemate, you may be wondering if this is for you. Well, we believe that you can quickly determine…
- Privacy Policy
  May 20, 2011, 10:52
  Your Privacy Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the…
- Meet Rick Adlam about your next home
  December 16, 2010, 20:47
  Meet Rick Adlam at your block of land Suggestion: Meet Rick Adlam In your quest to build your next new home you basically have two options. You can…
Home Loans
November 17, 2008, 15:40
How to get the best home loan finance for your new home. Australia has the most competitive home finance idustry anywhere in the World. So whether you go to…
- Services
  November 16, 2008, 11:08
  From your house plan designs, land acquisition, budget through to home construction, interior decoration and beyond. HomeMate offers you a better way to…
- Master Builders call on Banks to pass on full interest rate cut
  February 5, 2009, 15:27
  Master Builders, Australia\'s peak building association, has called on all banks to pass on the full one percent reduction in mortgage rates by the central…
- Mortgage Home Loan Application mistakes that can cost you dearly
  May 31, 2010, 18:40
  When completing a mortgage loan application, you need to consider these factors carefully or risk being declined for a home loan. Source: Mr Mortgage 1.…
- Home Loan Calculator
  December 29, 2010, 19:25
  Home Loan finance makes sense For most people today, finance is a way of life. When it comes to buying a home, most people would tell you that the sooner you…
- Will Christmas kill your new home Dream? A Home Builders warning
  January 8, 2011, 08:33
  Home Builders warn first home buyers not to overspend at Christmas We all know that Christmas spending can go over the top because when using cards there is…
Building
November 17, 2008, 18:34
The Home Building Process with HomeMate Building a home is a major decision and requires that the home buyer is aware of the processes that will bring…
- Median house prices are not always a good guide to value
  February 5, 2009, 14:36
  Median house prices are often used as a measure of value of real estate in a suburb and property performance, but volume of unit sales has be to the acid test
- Green Homes: Why new home buyers and home builders don't care about saving the planet.
  March 11, 2011, 16:01
  Sustainable housing and building carbon nuetral houses are not exactly catching of fire, so we need to ask why. My answers may startle you. The conclusion I…
Builders
November 17, 2008, 19:56
Home Builders in Queensland Queensland's Residential Home Builders are considered by many to be the most innovative and “green” home builders in Australia's…
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Home Buyers
June 21, 2010, 20:00
Home Buyers Guide: Buying a home has never been easy. This guide is designed to assist new buyers, first home buyers and home investors to make the right…
- Home buyer guide: Know your home buying budget, needs and wants.
  June 21, 2010, 19:07
  Before home buyers do their first home inspection, they have a lot to consider when buying a home. They first have to decide on their basic needs, and…
Home Builder Guide
November 1, 2010, 07:52
HomeMate helps you demystify building your new home with advice on land selection, home design, and the best home loan option for you. We'll guide you…
- Building for Queensland's Climate
  January 3, 2011, 09:12
  Building for Queensland's Climate There are many things that affect the comfort levels of a home in Queensland, that may not apply in other States of…
- Home Design for Cooler Living
  February 9, 2011, 10:32
  A-Z tips for home design and cooler living If you are currently living in a hot box, then you might be thinking that air conditioning is the answer to…
- Top Ten things home builders should do to make more new home sales
  February 24, 2011, 15:43
  New Home Sales are down. 10 things Queensland home builders need to do now to improve new home sales. Unless you have been hiding under a rock somewhere,…
Display Home
December 29, 2010, 00:00
Display Homes that give you some great new home design ideas. There is no better way to visualise how a home will look than walking through it fully furnished…
Banks
January 23, 2011, 09:08
Find local Banks in your home building area to set up home loans, bank accounts, credit cards, insurances and more Banking services are an essential part of…
- Banking
  January 25, 2011, 07:55
  Banking services available at most Australian Banks, Building Societies and Credit Unions Banks in Queensland, Australia have developed an array of banking…
- Reserve Bank of Australia: QLD
  January 24, 2011, 06:26
  About the Reserve Bank of Australia The Reserve Bank of Australia is Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority. It was created on 14 January…
Home Plans
January 13, 2011, 17:05
Home plans that have your name on the House design. Our Home plan designs are created by our home design team around our customers needs and lifestyle and…
- Home Builder, Home Designer, Architect : Who will best design your house plans?
  January 13, 2011, 19:01
  Which is the best path to design your next home, an architect , a home designer or a home builder? Getting the right home design for your home can be…
- New Home Design: How to choose the best way to design your next home.
  January 13, 2011, 13:04
  When building a new home, choosing the right home design for your next home can be a long and difficult process, but it need not be. Here's why. In my current…
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March 18, 2012, 20:40
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February 27, 2012, 06:51
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Category: Land (16)
Land for sale in Qld, Brisbane, Gold Coast to Beenleigh, Logan, North Lakes, Caboolture, Sunshine Coast, mainly in large planned community land developments by…
- New Home Sales Slow in Australia by: HomeMate
  February 29, 2012, 14:17
  New home sales have slowed again in late December and early January in most States, and the housing market is off to a poor start in 2012 The Housing Industry…
- Real Estate : Time to buy or sell a home? by: HomeMate
  January 21, 2012, 09:15
  Will Australian house prices crash in 2013 as predicted by another US property guru? Many Australians' belief in Real Estate as the best investment would be…
- Brisbane Floods: Developers given approval to build on flood zones, too close to the BrisbaneRiver by: HomeMate
  October 3, 2011, 07:14
  Are Town Planners to blame for Approving Apartments in Brisbane's Flood prone CBD? Recent Brisbane floods have shown that Brisbane's town planners have a…
- Housing Shortage: Fact or Ponzi Swindle? by: HomeMate
  September 12, 2011, 11:38
  Is the housing shortage real, or just a trumped up story to give home buyers the hurry up. I have changed my mind over the past two years. After repeating the…
- House or Apartment: Which is better for your lifestyle & mortgage? by: HomeMate
  June 29, 2011, 15:53
  Do Australians really want townhouses and apartments over a single house on a block? I doubt it, but that's what a recent survey found. A recent article on…
- Housing affordability: Is Australia's housing affordability "in crisis" by: HomeMate
  June 9, 2011, 09:51
  Australia's conservative party focus groups new spin, "housing affordability crisis" to describe home buyers reluctance to buy over priced homes. Australia…
- Land values grab: Home owners see "land valuations" surge as home prices fall by: HomeMate
  May 22, 2011, 13:50
  The State Government is using scarce land sales to justify land tax hikes for all If you are a homeowner in Brisbane or the Gold Coast you know you have been…
- Home building at crisis point in QLD: Why I feel like the one eyed man in the land of the blind by: HomeMate
  April 3, 2011, 09:26
  Home builders australia wide are doing it tough as home buyers shun high land prices. Land prices have hit the ridulous in Queensland, and this is where the…
- New Homes: Will carbon dioxide tax raise building costs or purify our air we breath? by: HomeMate
  March 25, 2011, 16:41
  Will new home builders have to raise their bids because of carbon taxes? There is a lot of hot air blowing about in building products companies that are the…
- Land Lots: Are lot sizes too small for home buyers? by: HomeMate
  February 22, 2011, 09:59
  From that I make two points. They would stil be the top home builders without the CRMs, and: This same company uses a CRM and their sales fell from nearly…
- QLD New Homes: Building development costs to fall ,000 by: HomeMate
  November 18, 2010, 13:18
  Premier Bligh said that she wanted young Queenslanders to be able to afford a home, and in fact wants all Queenslanders to have the dream within their…
- Residential Real Estate Developer Australand scraps plans after profit slide by: HomeMate
  February 4, 2009, 15:28
  Residential real estate property developer Australand Property Group has scaled back its development plans after posting an 85% slump in annual profit.
- Prime Gold Coast ocean beachfront home loses .5 million value in months by: HomeMate
  February 2, 2009, 12:45
  A Gold Coast couple refused .5 million for their beachfront home. Last week they had to let it go for million at auction as the financial crisis bites.
- First home buyers cheating to get extra grant money by: HomeMate
  December 15, 2008, 06:56
  First home buyers are cheating with the help of real estate agents and mortgage brokers to get the new higher first home owners grant payments by post dating…
- Mortgage interest rate cuts and first home owners grant increases build home sales by: HomeMate
  November 29, 2008, 19:34
  mortgage intrest rate cuts and the first home owners grant increases have help the home sales improve.
- Home lot developer Lend Lease stays afloat by selling assets by: HomeMate
  November 20, 2008, 06:39
  One of Australia\'s biggest residential property developers, Lend Lease was able to stay afloat in the falling property market by selling off assets.
Category: New Home Buyers (15)
- Housing Shortage: Fact or Ponzi Swindle? by: HomeMate
  September 12, 2011, 11:38
  Is the housing shortage real, or just a trumped up story to give home buyers the hurry up. I have changed my mind over the past two years. After repeating the…
- New Homes: Housing construction downturn lasts a year by: HomeMate
  June 18, 2011, 12:12
  As new home buyers sit on the side lines waiting to see what Federal and State Governments do next about housing affordability, home builders are feeling the…
- House prices down: Buying signal for home buyers or reason to wait and see? by: HomeMate
  May 31, 2011, 12:22
  As Australia's house prices soften many would say this represents a great time to buy. That obviously depends on what happens next. Australia home values are…
- RBA Rate Rise: Will Inflation signal RBA to raise mortgage interest rates by: HomeMate
  May 26, 2011, 08:16
  RBA ask home buyers & homeowners to carry the "interest rate" can for the economy again. Australian home buyers and mortgagor homeowners might get…
- Mortgage exit fees: Banking inquiry wants Government rethink on bank fee ban by: HomeMate
  May 6, 2011, 16:15
  Mortgage Managers may get special exceptions. In December last year, the Labor Government announced plans to ban exit fees on new home loans from July 1,…
- First Home Buyers: Why first home buyers are so important to home builders, even when they don't buy a new home. by: HomeMate
  April 10, 2011, 13:01
  Qld home builders have seen home buyers disappear as first home buyers stay away. A lot of home builders are hurting right now, especially in Queensland,…
- New Home Sales Dive: Was the Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Qld home buyers 3rd Black Swan Event? by: HomeMate
  March 13, 2011, 15:40
  In the last ten weeks 72 out of 73 of Queensland's Local Government areas have been flood affected. Over 70% of QLD went under water at some stage in that…
- Home Sales: Is Residential Land overpriced in Queensland? by: HomeMate
  March 9, 2011, 18:15
  Home sales fell last year to below those recorded at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008. That was when the rest of the World had a major…
- Brisbane New Homes to reach new heights, and maybe higher! by: HomeMate
  March 9, 2011, 07:32
  Brisbane's Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman says the council wants to build new homes in the interim to a minimum height of 0.5 metre raise above the defined…
- New Home Sales: Will new home sales get better? by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 12:47
  I was sitting in my Display home sales office at Waterford in late February 2011, surveying the empty visitors parking lots. It had been this way in January…
- First Home Buyers: Why they are finding it hard to buy a new home and what we have to do to fix it. by: HomeMate
  February 10, 2011, 14:05
  Mr Mortgage says that lower future homeownership levels are seen as part of a trend that he feels can be reversed if the root causes are addressed. What has…
- Home buyers get better protection as real estate agents forced to disclose a home's history. by: HomeMate
  July 18, 2010, 15:10
  New Australian wide consumer protection laws protect home buyers and mean that real estate agents and homeowners must now disclose a home's baggage, including…
- Home Buyers Guide by: HomeMate
  June 21, 2010, 19:49
  Most first time home buyers are not aware that they will buy many homes during their lifetimes, and that's because our needs and our wants are constantly…
- Will Coastal Towns be the next property hotspots in Australia by: HomeMate
  January 24, 2009, 19:14
  Property values in Capital Cities and Major Regional centres may be falling but house prices in Coatal towns are tipped to rise.
- Mortgage interest rate cuts and first home owners grant increases build home sales by: HomeMate
  November 29, 2008, 19:34
  mortgage intrest rate cuts and the first home owners grant increases have help the home sales improve.
Category: New Home Design (10)
- New Homes: Will carbon dioxide tax raise building costs or purify our air we breath? by: HomeMate
  March 25, 2011, 16:41
  Will new home builders have to raise their bids because of carbon taxes? There is a lot of hot air blowing about in building products companies that are the…
- Brisbane New Homes to reach new heights, and maybe higher! by: HomeMate
  March 9, 2011, 07:32
  Brisbane's Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman says the council wants to build new homes in the interim to a minimum height of 0.5 metre raise above the defined…
- New Home Sales: What QLD Builders have to do to make sales in 2011 by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 15:54
  The Good News. New home sales are happening as we speak Home builders that are building home designs that customers want, or on difficult lots or are custom…
- New Home Sales: Will new home sales get better? by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 12:47
  I was sitting in my Display home sales office at Waterford in late February 2011, surveying the empty visitors parking lots. It had been this way in January…
- Home Design ideas for cooler living by: HomeMate
  February 23, 2011, 10:04
  This article gives over 30 tips, some major, most minor, but all good, that will help you design a better cooler home. The article includes the secrets to…
- Housing Market: Solutions to new home builder sales by: HomeMate
  February 20, 2011, 09:44
  New home sales are falling despite record housing shortages. Are home builders part of the problem? What is really wrong with home building industry today. Mos…
- Brisbane Home Design: How our housing shortage will affect home designs in QLD by: HomeMate
  February 17, 2011, 10:14
  The housing shortage in Queensland, the cost of land, and the cost of providing utilities and infrastructure to fringe suburban developments will mean that we…
- HomeMate. Your Home Your way! by: HomeMate
  February 14, 2011, 09:42
  HomeMate is our answer to the fading Australian Dream. Rick says he can save his clients time, money and hassles when deciding on planning and building a home…
- New House Design: Will your next home be built for climate change by: HomeMate
  February 14, 2011, 09:22
  Possible realities for future home design and homeowners. Homeowners may be refused insurance in certain areas. Home builders denied permission to build…
- Home Designs: Will Qld floods & cyclone provide the opportunity to build a zero emissions future by: HomeMate
  February 11, 2011, 16:46
  The spate of wild weather that created the worse floods and cyclones ever experienced in Queensland allows us to reflect that we need to learn from the…
Category: New Home Finance (5)
- Home Interest rates: The Good news, the bad news and the good news from the RBA by: HomeMate
  April 4, 2012, 07:16
  Why interest rates at these levels are good news The RBA had a lot to say at its board meeting that needs to be digested. It contains the reasons for its…
- Home Construction turnaround. Here's the solution by: HomeMate
  March 19, 2011, 11:48
  Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the number of new dwelling being constructed fell by 5.3 per cent in the fourth quarter, 4 times worse than…
- First Home Buyers: New first home saver account [FHSA's] rules by: HomeMate
  February 23, 2011, 16:06
  FHSAs were a great idea, but were viewed as complex, inflexible and take too long, so most first home buyers did not take up the offer. Well now the offer has…
- HomeMate. Your Home Your way! by: HomeMate
  February 14, 2011, 09:42
  HomeMate is our answer to the fading Australian Dream. Rick says he can save his clients time, money and hassles when deciding on planning and building a home…
- Mortgage interest rate cuts and first home owners grant increases build home sales by: HomeMate
  November 29, 2008, 19:34
  mortgage intrest rate cuts and the first home owners grant increases have help the home sales improve.
Category: Housing (31)
Housing is the general news category on HomeMate for articles on housing, land, real estate and property and residential construction, as well as home loans,…
- Flood destroyed Grantham rebuilt. Brendan Nelson wins award by: HomeMate
  May 4, 2012, 08:18
  It was great to see the prior QLD Labor Government's actions honoured Brendan Nelson of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority led the construction of a new…
- Housing construction: New home sales going south as problems log-jam by: HomeMate
  April 3, 2012, 07:18
  A logjam of concerns are aligning to pull new housing construction figures to the levels of post GFC. The February new home approvals figures show that new…
- New Home Sales Slow in Australia by: HomeMate
  February 29, 2012, 14:17
  New home sales have slowed again in late December and early January in most States, and the housing market is off to a poor start in 2012 The Housing Industry…
- Real Estate : Time to buy or sell a home? by: HomeMate
  January 21, 2012, 09:15
  Will Australian house prices crash in 2013 as predicted by another US property guru? Many Australians' belief in Real Estate as the best investment would be…
- Brisbane Floods: Developers given approval to build on flood zones, too close to the BrisbaneRiver by: HomeMate
  October 3, 2011, 07:14
  Are Town Planners to blame for Approving Apartments in Brisbane's Flood prone CBD? Recent Brisbane floods have shown that Brisbane's town planners have a…
- Sydney Housing : Does high density housing make you infertile? by: HomeMate
  September 13, 2011, 08:39
  Joel Kotlin is an expert in city living and has studied trends of cities and fertility rates around the World. But is he right about Sydney's high density…
- Housing Shortage: Fact or Ponzi Swindle? by: HomeMate
  September 12, 2011, 11:38
  Is the housing shortage real, or just a trumped up story to give home buyers the hurry up. I have changed my mind over the past two years. After repeating the…
- House or Apartment: Which is better for your lifestyle & mortgage? by: HomeMate
  June 29, 2011, 15:53
  Do Australians really want townhouses and apartments over a single house on a block? I doubt it, but that's what a recent survey found. A recent article on…
- Housing: Gosford City Council to end dual occupancy housing? by: HomeMate
  June 25, 2011, 07:52
  Central Coastal New South Wales Gosford City Council is moving to abolish the right of home owners & property investors to build dual occupancies and…
- Housing Market: Queensland real estate a buyers market, but is it investors paradise? by: HomeMate
  June 18, 2011, 08:01
  What is the best time to buy real estate in Queensland? Some say now the best time in a decade. The current slump in house values and sales in the Queensland…
- New Homes Design: 9 Star rated Villa house built on project home budget by: HomeMate
  June 16, 2011, 14:05
  Building an energy efficient home for sustainable living on a budget with a volume home builder is possible. The recently completed display home at the Delfin…
- Housing Market: The case for increasing land supply to bring down house prices by: HomeMate
  June 14, 2011, 10:03
  Is increasing land supply the real key to bring down house prices? Australia's housing market is a key driver of the domestic Australian economy. This article…
- Housing affordability: Is Australia's housing affordability "in crisis" by: HomeMate
  June 9, 2011, 09:51
  Australia's conservative party focus groups new spin, "housing affordability crisis" to describe home buyers reluctance to buy over priced homes. Australia…
- House prices down: Buying signal for home buyers or reason to wait and see? by: HomeMate
  May 31, 2011, 12:22
  As Australia's house prices soften many would say this represents a great time to buy. That obviously depends on what happens next. Australia home values are…
- RBA Rate Rise: Will Inflation signal RBA to raise mortgage interest rates by: HomeMate
  May 26, 2011, 08:16
  RBA ask home buyers & homeowners to carry the "interest rate" can for the economy again. Australian home buyers and mortgagor homeowners might get…
- New Homes: QLD Government infrastructure charges to be reduced. by: HomeMate
  April 12, 2011, 16:45
  New land lots to cost less In a bid to get the home building industry back on its feet, the Queensland Government will cap its Infrastructure Charges at…
- Home Builders: Is the Housing Industry Association doing it's job by: HomeMate
  April 11, 2011, 10:30
  As the HIA advocates more Government handouts to stimulate the home building industry I wonder "has Australia's peak housing body has lost its way?" The IMF…
- Home building at crisis point in QLD: Why I feel like the one eyed man in the land of the blind by: HomeMate
  April 3, 2011, 09:26
  Home builders australia wide are doing it tough as home buyers shun high land prices. Land prices have hit the ridulous in Queensland, and this is where the…
- QLD Floods: Grantham home-owners given option to move to higher ground. by: HomeMate
  March 25, 2011, 14:39
  Flood devastated town of Grantham has gotten a surprise offer from Queensland Premier Anna Bligh. Grantham was wiped off the map with the floods that caused…
- Australia's housing market slumps worst in Melbourne but not as bad as expected by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 10:03
  Australia\'s house price slump has been patchy, with Canberra, Darwin and Adelaide recording price gains, and Melbourne bringing up rear in house price values.
- Public Housing: Accessible housing out of reach for many with disabilities by: HomeMate
  February 23, 2011, 13:07
  Waiting lists for people with disabilities are critically high, for example at at the moment we have the situation where there are 1153 people with disabilities…
- Master Builders call on Banks to pass on full interest rate cut by: HomeMate
  February 19, 2011, 09:59
  Master Builders Australia, the peak construction industry group, called on the banks to pass on in full the 100 basis point reduction in the cash rate by…
- Housing market: Are we in for a home price drop this year? by: HomeMate
  February 15, 2011, 09:14
  The housing market is going nowhere, and this is affecting new home sales as people shelve their plans to build a new home, that was to be financed from the…
- Homes are still selling despite Brisbane house prices heading south. by: HomeMate
  February 14, 2011, 09:42
  The number of properties sold in Brisbane has dropped nearly 20 percent in the past 12 months making 2008 the worst property market decline recorded in…
- First Home Buyers: Why they are finding it hard to buy a new home and what we have to do to fix it. by: HomeMate
  February 10, 2011, 14:05
  Mr Mortgage says that lower future homeownership levels are seen as part of a trend that he feels can be reversed if the root causes are addressed. What has…
- Mortgage Interest Rates Frozen Over For Christmas by: HomeMate
  November 25, 2010, 17:20
  We have a housing shortage and we need more residential construction and the Government needs to ensure that. Home buyers need an incentive to build rather…
- House prices: Will home values rise 20% in 3 years? by: HomeMate
  October 13, 2010, 07:48
  Anytime is a good time to buy a house that is well priced and what you need to live in, and is affordable, if you intend to live there for more than 5 years.…
- Real estate investment property loans boost home mortgage lending by: HomeMate
  September 30, 2009, 07:56
  First time property investors see rising rent yields, real estate bargains and low mortgage rates, but they also need to get the right mortgage loan.
- Interest rate cuts and desperate sellers draw cash assisted first home buyers by: HomeMate
  February 8, 2009, 20:11
  Australia's housing market is showing signs of strong activity, spurred on mainly by bargain hunters and first-home buyers as sellers become desperate.
- Home builders that renovate may do better than new home construction companies by: HomeMate
  February 8, 2009, 11:00
  As new home project builders trim back their operations, and developers go into bankruptcy, some builders have their order books full because they have made a…
- Home builder-developer icon AV Jennings could go private by: HomeMate
  February 7, 2009, 17:46
  Iconic Australian residential home builder, developer AV Jennings million first-half loss that could hasten the de-listing of the property giant.
Category: Banks (9)
Banks in the HomeMate building area of Queensland, Australia, to help you locate the banking services you need for all bank loans, including mortgage home…
- Real Estate : Time to buy or sell a home? by: HomeMate
  January 21, 2012, 09:15
  Will Australian house prices crash in 2013 as predicted by another US property guru? Many Australians' belief in Real Estate as the best investment would be…
- Housing Shortage: Fact or Ponzi Swindle? by: HomeMate
  September 12, 2011, 11:38
  Is the housing shortage real, or just a trumped up story to give home buyers the hurry up. I have changed my mind over the past two years. After repeating the…
- Home Loan Interest Rates: Is it dangerous for RBA to raise rates right now? by: HomeMate
  May 25, 2011, 08:17
  Australian homeowners and renters on hurting over mortgage rates, reduced family support, housing bubble concerns. Maybe we won't be seeing an interest rate…
- Home Sales: Is Residential Land overpriced in Queensland? by: HomeMate
  March 9, 2011, 18:15
  Home sales fell last year to below those recorded at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008. That was when the rest of the World had a major…
- Mortgage Brokers: Why blame the loan writers or MERS? by: HomeMate
  March 6, 2011, 16:00
  Whilst I recommend the article, there is a annoying reference to mortgage brokers at the beginning of the article that riles me, here. Mortgage brokers hip…
- Banking by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 10:03
  Banking services available at most Australian Banks, Building Societies and Credit Unions Banks in Australia have developed an array of banking services to…
- Home Loans Exit Fees Get Political by: HomeMate
  February 23, 2011, 07:48
  The Labor Party has been the driver in Banking Reform in Australia. In fact it was always the Australian Labor Party who have reformed the banking system…
- Home Loan Exit Fees: Will mortgage "exit fee" ban undo homebuyers by: HomeMate
  February 22, 2011, 13:37
  Mortgage exit fees are the name given to deferred establishment fees, these fees are to offset bank costs for setting up the loan in the first place. They…
- Banks : CBA moves to counter NAB home loan switch campaign by: HomeMate
  February 21, 2011, 09:24
  You might have heard that Commonwealth Bank plans to attack NAB's crown jewels, its business loans portfolio. This is the National Bank of Australia's area of…
Category: Home Loans (13)
Home loans for building a house on your land or buying a new home or house and land package
- Housing affordability: Is Australia's housing affordability "in crisis" by: HomeMate
  June 9, 2011, 09:51
  Australia's conservative party focus groups new spin, "housing affordability crisis" to describe home buyers reluctance to buy over priced homes. Australia…
- Home Loan Interest Rates: Is it dangerous for RBA to raise rates right now? by: HomeMate
  May 25, 2011, 08:17
  Australian homeowners and renters on hurting over mortgage rates, reduced family support, housing bubble concerns. Maybe we won't be seeing an interest rate…
- Bank Loan Wars: NAB launches new online home loans by: HomeMate
  February 23, 2011, 09:33
  This home loan product is aimed directly at it main two Competitors, Westpac and CBA, because it is a mortgage refinancing only product. Another giveaway is…
- New Home Loan Price War by: HomeMate
  February 12, 2011, 09:54
  Yes, Nab has had the best rates for a while now, and that has not given them the traction they were looking for, so they have added the "no exist fees" and…
- RBA leaves mortgage interest rates unchanged by: HomeMate
  May 31, 2010, 22:05
  The Reserve Bank board has left the official cash rate unchanged at 4.5 per cent, As Mr Mortgage predicted earlier, the official cash rate has been left…
- Home loan applications that could get your loan declined by: HomeMate
  May 31, 2010, 18:59
  I wrote an article about the mistakes I see home buyers and homeowners making that get their loans declined at Mr Mortgage I thought that I should write the…
- Australia’s banks reach agreement to prevent struggling families losing their homes by: HomeMate
  October 17, 2009, 12:56
  Kevin Rudd, Australia’s Prime Minister is to announce his mortgage relief plan that will freeze mortgage payments for up to 12 months for financially…
- Credit reporting your full finances profile before you get your mortgage by: HomeMate
  October 15, 2009, 06:57
  Mortgage Alert: Government plans to give banks the ability to collect your full credit profile for mortgage credit applications before you get your mortgage.
- Category: US Home Loans (2)
  - Mortgage Brokers: Why blame the loan writers or MERS? by: HomeMate
    March 6, 2011, 16:00
    Whilst I recommend the article, there is a annoying reference to mortgage brokers at the beginning of the article that riles me, here. Mortgage brokers hip…
  - US Home Loans: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be wound down by: HomeMate
    February 13, 2011, 09:00
    The availability of mortgage finance will fall. Less people will be able to buy a home and the values will fall, until they reach levels where they could…
- Category: Mortgage Exit Fees (3)
  - Mortgage exit fees: Banking inquiry wants Government rethink on bank fee ban by: HomeMate
    May 6, 2011, 16:15
    Mortgage Managers may get special exceptions. In December last year, the Labor Government announced plans to ban exit fees on new home loans from July 1,…
  - Home Loans Exit Fees Get Political by: HomeMate
    February 23, 2011, 07:48
    The Labor Party has been the driver in Banking Reform in Australia. In fact it was always the Australian Labor Party who have reformed the banking system…
  - Home Loan Exit Fees: Will mortgage "exit fee" ban undo homebuyers by: HomeMate
    February 22, 2011, 13:37
    Mortgage exit fees are the name given to deferred establishment fees, these fees are to offset bank costs for setting up the loan in the first place. They…
Category: House Land Packages (11)
House land packages by available in Brisbane, Logan and the Gold Coast, Queensland. Our Home and land packages will save you a lot of decisions, time and…
- Land developer feels the pinch by: HomeMate
  March 28, 2012, 09:21
  Major Residential land developer Stockland hit by perfect storm. The slowing housing market and resulting slower land sales, and storms and flooding in many…
- 2012 Mortgage Prediction: Credit crunch to flatten property investors by: HomeMate
  December 21, 2011, 11:43
  As housing values thaw across Australia, so goes the dreams of mum and dad property investors trying to build a nest egg on a housing bubble. Australian real…
- Housing Market: The case for increasing land supply to bring down house prices by: HomeMate
  June 14, 2011, 10:03
  Is increasing land supply the real key to bring down house prices? Australia's housing market is a key driver of the domestic Australian economy. This article…
- Housing affordability: Is Australia's housing affordability "in crisis" by: HomeMate
  June 9, 2011, 09:51
  Australia's conservative party focus groups new spin, "housing affordability crisis" to describe home buyers reluctance to buy over priced homes. Australia…
- Is buying a home a financial investment or an investment in family security by: HomeMate
  May 23, 2011, 12:23
  Is buying a home really the best investment money can buy, or just an illusion we take as true? Some say that buying a home is not a financial investment.…
- New Homes: QLD Government infrastructure charges to be reduced. by: HomeMate
  April 12, 2011, 16:45
  New land lots to cost less In a bid to get the home building industry back on its feet, the Queensland Government will cap its Infrastructure Charges at…
- Interest Rates: RBA holds interest rates steady for record time by: HomeMate
  April 6, 2011, 08:39
  Interest Rates stay as they are as the RBA steers Australia through a turbulent time. The housing Industry would have breathed a sigh of relief yesterday…
- Home building at crisis point in QLD: Why I feel like the one eyed man in the land of the blind by: HomeMate
  April 3, 2011, 09:26
  Home builders australia wide are doing it tough as home buyers shun high land prices. Land prices have hit the ridulous in Queensland, and this is where the…
- Stockland starts off 2011 with land sale on every block by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 10:03
  Stocklands offer house and land packages to make owning that new home easier today Queensland's largest residential land developer has announced incentives to…
- First Home Buyers: New first home saver account [FHSA's] rules by: HomeMate
  February 23, 2011, 16:06
  FHSAs were a great idea, but were viewed as complex, inflexible and take too long, so most first home buyers did not take up the offer. Well now the offer has…
- Land Lots: Are lot sizes too small for home buyers? by: HomeMate
  February 22, 2011, 09:59
  From that I make two points. They would stil be the top home builders without the CRMs, and: This same company uses a CRM and their sales fell from nearly…
Category: Where we build (4)
HomeMate can build your new home in Queensland in Brisbane, Logan and the Gold Coast, Beaudesert, The bay areas, Ipswich to Gatton, North Lakes, Griffin,…
- Flood destroyed Grantham rebuilt. Brendan Nelson wins award by: HomeMate
  May 4, 2012, 08:18
  It was great to see the prior QLD Labor Government's actions honoured Brendan Nelson of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority led the construction of a new…
- Brisbane Floods: Developers given approval to build on flood zones, too close to the BrisbaneRiver by: HomeMate
  October 3, 2011, 07:14
  Are Town Planners to blame for Approving Apartments in Brisbane's Flood prone CBD? Recent Brisbane floods have shown that Brisbane's town planners have a…
- Stockland starts off 2011 with land sale on every block by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 10:03
  Stocklands offer house and land packages to make owning that new home easier today Queensland's largest residential land developer has announced incentives to…
- Home Design: Air-conditioning verses sustainable living by: HomeMate
  February 21, 2011, 10:03
  Building your next home for lower bills & energy use is still important, even though free ducted air conditioning offer abound With the current floods and…
Category: Display Homes (5)
Display homes that give you great ideas for building your new home. Single storey & two storey display homes for cottage homes lots, villa narrow lots,…
- Real Estate : Time to buy or sell a home? by: HomeMate
  January 21, 2012, 09:15
  Will Australian house prices crash in 2013 as predicted by another US property guru? Many Australians' belief in Real Estate as the best investment would be…
- New Homes: Housing construction downturn lasts a year by: HomeMate
  June 18, 2011, 12:12
  As new home buyers sit on the side lines waiting to see what Federal and State Governments do next about housing affordability, home builders are feeling the…
- New Homes Design: 9 Star rated Villa house built on project home budget by: HomeMate
  June 16, 2011, 14:05
  Building an energy efficient home for sustainable living on a budget with a volume home builder is possible. The recently completed display home at the Delfin…
- New Home Sales: Will new home sales get better? by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 12:47
  I was sitting in my Display home sales office at Waterford in late February 2011, surveying the empty visitors parking lots. It had been this way in January…
- Display Homes at Waterford show the best in Home Design by: HomeMate
  February 24, 2011, 10:03
  Single storey and two storey homes on display at Woodlands Display Delfin Woodlands estate, Waterford, QLD. I must say that I am impressed with both the…
Category: UK Home Buyer (1)
Articles about buying a home in the UK
- UK House prices tipped to fall says Britain's biggest lender by: HomeMate
  March 8, 2011, 07:23
  In the UK the figures in a survey showed 20% of potential first-time buyers expect to be 40 years old before they buy their first house. The trend in Britain…
Category: Building Materials (1)
- Cool Homes: White Roofs and the need for solar reflectance by: HomeMate
  March 27, 2011, 11:44
  Is Global Warming caused by heat retained in our homes & other buildings & can white roofs cool our planet? The more I read about carbon and global…
Category: climate (2)
- Waterfront Home: Benowa, Gold Coast, Queensland by: HomeMate
  May 14, 2012, 15:56
  Video: Waterfront home in Benowa, Gold Coast Queensland
- Climate Change: White clouds reflect solar heat so could it cool Australia? by: HomeMate
  April 10, 2011, 09:18
  Clouds reflect solar radiation back into space. Whiter clouds reflect more solar energy back into space, cooling the Earth. So the science says. Cloud…
Category: Buying a Home (13)
- Waterfront Home: Benowa, Gold Coast, Queensland by: HomeMate
  May 14, 2012, 15:56
  Video: Waterfront home in Benowa, Gold Coast Queensland
- Housing construction: New home sales going south as problems log-jam by: HomeMate
  April 3, 2012, 07:18
  A logjam of concerns are aligning to pull new housing construction figures to the levels of post GFC. The February new home approvals figures show that new…
- Brisbane Floods: Developers given approval to build on flood zones, too close to the BrisbaneRiver by: HomeMate
  October 3, 2011, 07:14
  Are Town Planners to blame for Approving Apartments in Brisbane's Flood prone CBD? Recent Brisbane floods have shown that Brisbane's town planners have a…
- Sydney Housing : Does high density housing make you infertile? by: HomeMate
  September 13, 2011, 08:39
  Joel Kotlin is an expert in city living and has studied trends of cities and fertility rates around the World. But is he right about Sydney's high density…
- Housing Shortage: Fact or Ponzi Swindle? by: HomeMate
  September 12, 2011, 11:38
  Is the housing shortage real, or just a trumped up story to give home buyers the hurry up. I have changed my mind over the past two years. After repeating the…
- New Homes: Housing construction downturn lasts a year by: HomeMate
  June 18, 2011, 12:12
  As new home buyers sit on the side lines waiting to see what Federal and State Governments do next about housing affordability, home builders are feeling the…
- Housing Market: Queensland real estate a buyers market, but is it investors paradise? by: HomeMate
  June 18, 2011, 08:01
  What is the best time to buy real estate in Queensland? Some say now the best time in a decade. The current slump in house values and sales in the Queensland…
- Housing Market: The case for increasing land supply to bring down house prices by: HomeMate
  June 14, 2011, 10:03
  Is increasing land supply the real key to bring down house prices? Australia's housing market is a key driver of the domestic Australian economy. This article…
- Housing Market: RBA has to leave home loan rates alone by: HomeMate
  June 7, 2011, 09:59
  The Reserve Bank of Australia Board meets today to decide the fate of homeowners home loan rates, and whether to raise interest rates, or to leave them…
- House prices down: Buying signal for home buyers or reason to wait and see? by: HomeMate
  May 31, 2011, 12:22
  As Australia's house prices soften many would say this represents a great time to buy. That obviously depends on what happens next. Australia home values are…
- Home Loan Interest Rates: Is it dangerous for RBA to raise rates right now? by: HomeMate
  May 25, 2011, 08:17
  Australian homeowners and renters on hurting over mortgage rates, reduced family support, housing bubble concerns. Maybe we won't be seeing an interest rate…
- Noosa real estate: Is Noosa losing its lustre for home buyers & the wealthy ? by: HomeMate
  May 24, 2011, 08:26
  Noosa is finding it hard to sell its prime real estate right now.That's on par with the rest of Australia. So has Noosa really changed, or have people…
- Is buying a home a financial investment or an investment in family security by: HomeMate
  May 23, 2011, 12:23
  Is buying a home really the best investment money can buy, or just an illusion we take as true? Some say that buying a home is not a financial investment.…
Category: RBA (4)
- Home Interest rates: The Good news, the bad news and the good news from the RBA by: HomeMate
  April 4, 2012, 07:16
  Why interest rates at these levels are good news The RBA had a lot to say at its board meeting that needs to be digested. It contains the reasons for its…
- Housing Market: The case for increasing land supply to bring down house prices by: HomeMate
  June 14, 2011, 10:03
  Is increasing land supply the real key to bring down house prices? Australia's housing market is a key driver of the domestic Australian economy. This article…
- Housing Market: RBA has to leave home loan rates alone by: HomeMate
  June 7, 2011, 09:59
  The Reserve Bank of Australia Board meets today to decide the fate of homeowners home loan rates, and whether to raise interest rates, or to leave them…
- RBA Rate Rise: Will Inflation signal RBA to raise mortgage interest rates by: HomeMate
  May 26, 2011, 08:16
  RBA ask home buyers & homeowners to carry the "interest rate" can for the economy again. Australian home buyers and mortgagor homeowners might get…
Category: Landscaping (1)
Landscaping and gardening articles.
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  May 14, 2012, 15:56
  Video: Waterfront home in Benowa, Gold Coast Queensland
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Category: Holiday Rentals (1)
- Gold Coast Queensland: Rentals by: HomeMate
  May 14, 2012, 17:23
  Gold Coast Australia Holiday Rentals This home is situated near Reedy Creek

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