Aussie has seen a surge in the number of first homebuyers requesting appointments with its brokers as they step back into the property market.
The number of FHB’s requesting appointments with Aussie brokers via the website www.aussie.com.au has more than doubled since March.
Aussie CEO Mr Stephen Porges said a combination of the cooling property market, an [...]
By Aussie NT Broker
When I first came to Darwin 6 years ago, well over 50% of my business was derived from first home buyers. Banks were lending the full purchase price of homes, and with the Federal Governments first home buyer’s grant, single people were able to purchase their first home with no deposit and [...]
This week we check out where we’re up to in 2010 and where we’re headed, how investors are feeling, and where to buy a private island – for only $500,000!
Bearing fruit: edible landscapes
Should public parks also be veggie patches? Andrew Partos thinks they could be. (read more)
In This Week’s Picks, we look at how to prepare you home for sale, how the election may impact the property market, and how one couple spent their spare $14 million on a set of mansions just to demolish them!
Election 2010: Thin pickings for property so far, but more on the way
Not much for property [...]
After a slow-news week last week, this week, all the important articles are rising to the top: like Patrick Dempsey’s new house in Malibu! ;)
But, seriously, we’ve got a couple of really interesting articles looking at changing times for the rich – and changing times for families getting a loan, too. Check out This Week’s [...]
This Week’s Picks covers everything from predictions on the RBA’s next move, to property law changes in Canberra, to desperate renters lying about their job to secure property.
Check out our look at the latest happenings in the property market!
Auctions market finally slowing as interest rates bite
Interest rate hikes hit home: auctions are finally slowing as [...]
Creeping over the $500,000 purchase price for a property can play havoc with some first home buyers’ plans to get their foot in the door of the property market. This is because the moment you go beyond $500,000 in NSW, Queensland and Western Australia, you have to pay stamp duty. (It varies in other states [...]
The randomness of luck (or lack of it) is something worth contemplating. I’m not talking about luck with the horses or on the dogs — that’s insignificant in the scheme of things.
I’m talking about luck in a greater sense: the arbitrary doling out of life’s fundamental facts at your birth. Things such as the country [...]
Rumours have been flying around the place about Australia’s property market. Is there a housing bubble? Is there a housing shortage? Well, apparently not, according to this week’s reports.
Rural land values about to skyrocket
Results are in! QLD property valuations have come in with properties increasing in value by nearly 40% (read more)
Find your place in [...]
Beautiful environment, strong economy, low unemployment, excellent education – who wouldn’t want to own a little piece of Australia? With our migration numbers soaring, experts agree that new Australians are becoming big players in the property market.
The 2008-09 Australian Immigration Update reported 224,610 permanent additions (persons either new to Australia or already on a temporary [...]