Rush for affordable homes
FIRST home buyers have stormed the Queensland residential property market, with affordable homes now the name of the game.
Property
Options to turn crisis around
For every economic storm cloud there is a silver lining and for the shrewd money manager there are many opportunities to turn that financial frown upside down.
Affordable housing needs your help
WITH the average rent for a three-bedroom house tipping $340 a week, Mackay Regional Councillor George Christensen said something needs to be done.
Best time for first-home buyers
TOWNHOUSES and units appear to be offering the best opportunity for first-home buyers to get into the Mackay property market.
Seniors housing horrors
AFFORABLE housing for older people in the Mackay region has been put under the spotlight by the National Seniors Australia organisation.
A gateway for 150 workers
IT’S two years since the Motordome saw its last monster truck, but these days the only machinery on site are bulldozers working on the Gateway Industrial Park.
First home buyers seek guidance
TERRY and Shona Norris are hunting for a home in which to raise their children Lochlan, 10, and Kylah, 2.
It’s all down to two show sites
AFTER nearly two years of speculation, the Daily Mercury can exclusively reveal the two potential locations for Mackay’s new showgrounds.
$840 hike in rates but still no services
KLAAS Kloosterman has no sewerage, no town water and no recycling service – but he has just received an $840 increase in his annual rates.
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