Buy vs rent decision weighs heavy on prospective homeowners
WOULD-BE first homebuyers are finding it tough to break the shackles of the rental cycle with only a handful of suburbs where it is cheaper to buy than rent.
WOULD-BE first homebuyers are finding it tough to break the shackles of the rental cycle with only a handful of suburbs where it is cheaper to buy than rent.
A SUSTAINABLE housing lobby group has attacked the Queensland government for scrapping green measures for new homes.
RAY WHITE Gladstone is leading the way in selling by using innovative technology such as showcasing properties through video technology.
THE state Government will scrap plans to make water tanks and gas, solar and heat pump hot water systems compulsory in all new homes.
THE interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia last week served as an early Christmas present for mortgage holders.
THE latest housing figures provide good news and confirmation of an emerging recovery in Queensland, according to the peak body for housing and construction.
THE State Government has raked in more than $700,000 selling off properties acquired for the failed Traveston Crossing Dam project.
RESIDENTS of an exclusive Noosa estate face a multi-million dollar repair bill to fix subsiding revetment walls fronting waterfront homes.
LOCATION…location …location is the buzz phrase used in real estate to help sell houses, followed by “close” to shops and schools.
MELBOURNE is becoming a drag on the national housing market, with new data showing it’s the only capital city where home prices continue to fall.
THE Sunshine Coast’s Caloundra South development will generate almost 40,000 jobs by 2040 and inject $7.7 billion into the local region, a report says.
MORE first homebuyers plan to purchase their first property later in life, according the 2012 Mortgage Choice Future First Homebuyer Survey.
MASTER Builders has welcomed the release of the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) interim report on Measuring and Reducing the Burden of Regulation.
ABS data released this week shows confidence is returning to the Queensland housing market, Queensland Government treasurer Tim Nicholls says.
AUSTRALIAN Finance Group processed $3.1 billion of mortgages in October — its highest volume for any October on record, and for any month since March 2009.
IPSWICH has out-performed the south-east’s real estate market for 10 years in an “unprecedented” fashion and that upward trend is set to continue.
RENTERS with pets could be up for an extra week’s rent when they pay their bond, under a state government proposal to change residential tenancy laws.
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