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New Home Sales Slow in Australia

HomeMate — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:17:01 +0000

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 Association [HIA], reports that house contracts sales have fallen in December 2011 and January 2012, a survey of Australia’s 100 largest builders shows a decline [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Housing Shortage: Fact or Ponzi Swindle?

HomeMate — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:38:07 +0000

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 story for years on my blogs of a growing housing shortage in Australia believing it to be true, I now believe it might have [...]

House or Apartment: Which is better for your lifestyle & mortgage?

HomeMate — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:53:35 +0000

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 Australians suggested that Australian home buyers were more interested in an apartment or a townhouse than in a quarter acre block. The great Australian dream of owning [...]