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PICA secures landmark green solar deal for its strata buildings
PICA Group has announced a new green solar energy deal, which will see 64 of its strata buildings save an estimated $681,000 annually, while reducing carbon emissions.
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Inner-Sydney vacancy rate at an all-time high
REINSW has released its Vacancy Rate Survey results for October, which show vacancies across Sydney continue to rise, with the Inner Ring hitting an all-time high.
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Claudio Encina announces ‘Deep Live Intensive’ with a 2020 twist
December 1 is the first day of summer, and what better way to celebrate the start of the season than with a cold plunge into icy water?
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HTW: Was the pandemic a ‘booster shot’ for industrial real estate?
It made sense at the beginning of the pandemic to expect a decline in all commercial property markets.
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How Victoria’s #1 agent sold through Stage 4 lockdown
Michelle Stephens from OBrien Real Estate Carrum Downs has won Residential Sales Person of the Year at the REIVs two years running, taking out the latest award during a year of financial and mental upheaval, and forced lockdowns. Michelle talks to Elite Agent about how she managed to do an award-winning job in spite of all the turmoil.
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Ray White reports biggest sales month in 118-year history
The Ray White Group has reported the strongest month of sales in the group's 118-year history.
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Use Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to improve your real estate listings
A home is often the single latest investment a buyer will make, so it helps to address their needs.
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Flexible leases and satellite spaces: the future of office real estate
The findings note the expectation is that physical office spaces will play a key role as a hub, rather than simply a place to work. As a result, real estate will shift to offer flexible leases, and co-working spaces.
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Domain and REA Group shares soar
Fuelled by hope of a new dawn as a fresh president is elected in the US, the Australian stock market jumped to an eight-month high on Monday.
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New Climate Change Bill will impact building industry
A bill introduced in the Australian Parliament today which aims to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050 has been welcomed by the building industry.
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Mortgages cheaper than rents in over half of Australian suburbs
A new report from Aussie and CoreLogic shows that it is cheaper to pay down a mortgage than to pay rent on a comparable property in over half of Australia's suburbs.
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Mining and remote work drive the COVID-19 regional shift
An in-depth report from realestate.com.au paints a compelling picture of a mass exodus from cities.
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Outback NSW blocks sell for $1 at auction
Eighty properties dotted across far-west of regional NSW went under the hammer last weekend, with some landlocked blocks selling for a dollar. The property was situated in Broken Hill, Ivanhoe, and Wilcannia, among other areas. Prices spanned from $35,000 -- for a house and land package in Wilcannia, to one…
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Celebrity homes: The most and least popular
REVEALED: The Celebrity Homes We Love (And Hate) Most! Kim Kardashian West’s house tour is the most viewed, with over 52 million views and counting!Also among the most viewed celebrity homes include Wiz Khalifa, Zedd and Kendall Jenner Lena Dunham’s L.A. home is least favoured as it has the worst like…
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Banks start accepting further First Home Loan Deposit Scheme applications
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) welcomes the news that banks will start accepting loan applications for the New Home Guarantee under the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme. "The emphasis on new builds and an increase on the price caps for new homes means that it has never been a better…
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Cash rate cut to new historic low
The Reserve Bank of Australia have cut the cash rate by 15 basis points to a new historic low of 0.10%.
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Kristen Stewart puts her Malibu retreat on the market
The house was designed by world-famous architect Lorcan O'Herlihy.
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HomeBuilder is working for now, but a second cliff is up ahead
A 15.4 per cent leap in the number of dwelling approvals and a 25.3 per cent rise in the value of housing construction loans during September shows the effectiveness of the HomeBuilder program.
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‘Bureaucratic inefficiencies’ keeping real estate agents unemployed
The Real Estate Institute of NSW has hit out at Fair Trading for bureaucratic inefficiencies that are keeping hundreds of fully-trained real estate agents in NSW "forcibly unemployed."
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Australian housing values are rising, after five months of declines
Following what CoreLogic refer to as "five months of consistent declines in residential property values", the national home value index is now showing positive month-on-month growth through October, posting a 0.4% rise in housing values.
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Property developers and investors make AFR Rich List
Three moguls who have made their fortune in the property game appear in the top ten of the annual AFR Rich List, which was published in full today.
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Pierce Brosnan lists Malibu beach house for $142m
Walls of glass, temperature-controlled wine storage unit, and mindblowing oceanic views: it's the perfect beach pad for 007.
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Inside the Hobart housing boom
Being a beautiful island state has never been so advantageous for Tasmania – and its capital city’s booming property market. “There’s no doubt that we’ve been the beneficiaries of the pandemic,” explains Matthew Chugg, department manager of residential sales for Knight Frank, Tasmania. With their offices located in the heart of Hobart, just a Tassie Devil’s whirl away from the…
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Sydney house prices rise as units fall, marking largest price gap on record
Sydney housing prices took a massive tumble in the June quarter, losing close to $22,000 off the median price.
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Hobart house prices to leapfrog Adelaide, as Darwin moves past Perth
Domain's latest House Price Report has revealed the Australian housing industry has largely bounced back, with all capital cities aside from Melbourne recording house price growth over the September quarter.
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Celebrating the small wins – and the big ones: Anna Molinaro
Last week, Anna Molinaro from OBrien Real Estate Blackburn took out the Real Estate Institute of Victoria Excellence Award for Residential Property Manager of the year. It’s an impressive win for Anna, excelling in what will no doubt go down as one of the worst real estate markets in living memory. And, it’s even all the more impressive when you…
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The Reserve Bank believes the recession could be over
Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday that the RBA believes the country has pulled itself out of the recession.
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Energy-saving AI tech trialled in CBD offices and malls
AMP Capital has started to roll out new energy saving AI technology in a number of its Australian office buildings and retail centres.
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Over a quarter of Aussies say now is the time to buy property
New research commissioned by ING has found Australians have no real qualms about investing during this recession, with 44 per cent of those surveyed feeling property is the strongest investment option, and 26 per cent feeling now is the best time to make such an investment.
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Survey highlights rental uncertainty during COVID-19
A new survey from Flatmates.com.au with more than 12,000 respondents highlights the uncertainty felt by renters during the pandemic.
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Over 96% of First Home Loan Deposit places have already been filled
The First Home Loan Deposit scheme allows buyers to purchase a property with just a five per cent deposit and without buying mortgage insurance, but the party is coming to an end.
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Mirvac sees 40 per cent rise in residential land sales
Over the September quarter, developer Mirvac saw a 40 per cent lift in housing lot sales, selling over 660 lots across the country, with the majority located in newly-developed housing estates.
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Certificate IV the new minimum real estate requirement in Victoria
New regulations for real estate education introduced by the State Government came into effect today, Thursday, October 21.
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Melbourne overtakes Sydney in new property listings
Since private inspections started back up again in Melbourne towards the end of last month, a flood of new listings have entered the marketplace.
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