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Real Estate : Time to buy or sell a home?

HomeMate — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:15:27 +0000

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 shocked that a US real estate expert is predicting Australia’s real estate prices could half over the next couple of years. Jordan Wirsz, a respected US real estate adviser [...]

2012 Mortgage Prediction: Credit crunch to flatten property investors

HomeMate — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:43:50 +0000

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 estate has avoided the mass loss of property values seen in the US and the UK, partly because Australia’s economy was sheltered from the problems of the [...]

New Home Buyers : Perth new home buyers can save money & lower financial stress

WCR — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:36:32 +0000

Financial pressure for first home buyers and renters in Australia is rising rapidly according to the AAH (Australians for Affordable Housing). The cost of housing has continued to rise despite no rise in the average income for most households. With rent or mortgage payments taking as much as 50% of the take home pay for [...]

Brisbane Floods: Developers given approval to build on flood zones, too close to the BrisbaneRiver

HomeMate — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:14:08 +0000

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 short memory when to comes to living in the Sub tropical Brisbane. Planning issues at three Brisbane apartment developments are the focus of the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry. Brisbane City [...]

Building A Home with an Eco-Garden

WCR — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:40:31 +0000

Native gardens grow plants that naturally occur in the area. These take little more than a rainwater tank or natural rainfall to maintain because the plants have long since adapted to their environment. They need no fertilizer because their very shape and substance exists as a result of the particular mix of nutrients found in [...]