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Perth property prices could tick higher this spring: REIWA

With spring expected to draw an influx of buyers, and amid tight supply of properties for sale, Perth property prices could rise in the coming months, says Hayden Groves, president of the REIWA.

New South Wales (NSW)

People

REINSW summit examines The Future Agent

The REINSW's fifth annual summit marked another step on the industry's journey to being recognised as a profession.

Queensland (Qld)Sunshine Coast

Featured Property

Laguna Bay views, Noosa Heads apartment

Walk to Hastings Street, Main Beach and Noosa National Park. One of only three apartments in the building, for sale by Imika Neylan and Dan Neylan of Dowling Neylan Noosaville Queensland.

New South Wales (NSW)

People

Central Coast waterfront property sells for record price of more than $4.1m

A French-provincial-style waterfront home with its own jetty and private lift sold for well over $4.1 million, agent Geoff Tilden of Raine & Horne Gosford told SCHWARTZWILLIAMS.

National

Owners

How to prepare your property for a spring sale

If you've decided to take the leap and sell this spring, here are some useful tips to help you prepare your home for sale.

International National

Design

Will co-living take off in Australia?: Secret Agent report

Co-living is evolving all around the world, and is changing the way people think about where they live and work. Will co-living in Australia take off?

Queensland (Qld)Gold Coast

Featured Property

Gold Coast Versace rooftop condominium with private 25m marina berth

This Main Beach Versace apartment is for sale with Robert Graham, Ray White Prestige Surfers Paradise Australia.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney South Australia (SA)Adelaide Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

The Economy

Sydney market headed for "a few years of flat capital growth": REINSW

Buyers and sellers in the Sydney real estate market should expect a strong spring, but then a few years of flat capital growth, says John Cunningham, president of the REINSW.

National

The Economy

Australia's cheapest and most expensive suburbs for rental property

Is your suburb on rent.com.au's list of Australia's cheapest and most expensive suburbs for rental property?

National

Regulations

Australian suppliers sold cladding they knew was flammable: Four Corners

In the wake of London's Grenfell fire disaster, questions about Australia's own non-conforming building materials remain.

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http://architectureau.com/articles/reflections-on-indigenous-placemaking/?utm_source=ArchitectureAU&utm_campaign=21c485bcd1-AAU_2015_04_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3604e2a4a-21c485bcd1-40540417&mc_cid=21c485bcd1&mc_eid=d865be39ad

Indigenous placemaking

The opening of the Portrait apartment building, which depicts the face of Aboriginal leader William Barak on its facade, has brought both heated debate and renewed interest around how architecture engages with Australia's Indigenous heritage and culture.

Architecture AU

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/sydneys-housing-market-auctions-set-record-clearances/story-fniz9vg9-1227322111435

Sydney’s housing market auctions set record clearances

Sydney’s housing market has stepped up another level, with auction clearances breaching the 90 per cent level as buyers continue to pile in on the back of low interest rates.

The Australian

http://www.yourinvestmentpropertymag.com.au/news/how-australias-young-investors-are-taking-on-the-baby-boomers-199541.aspx

How Australia’s Young Investors Are Taking On The Baby Boomers

Amid skyrocketing property prices, a growing number of motivated youngsters have managed to build healthy property portfolios at a very young age – even as teenagers. What are they doing that everyone else isn’t?

Your Property Investment

http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/financial-services/cbus-set-be-put-back-under-the-spotlight-by-the-royal-commission-into-union-corrruption-20150426-1mtd58

Cbus back under spotlight

Cbus, the industry super fund with close links to the militant Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and its chief executive David Atkin, is to be put under the spotlight when the public hearings for the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption resume this week.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/northbourne-housing-demolition-would-damage-canberras-heritage-report-20150422-1mox1y.html

Northbourne housing demolition would damage Canberra's heritage: report

An expert submission to an ACT government heritage study of Northbourne Avenue's public housing found the precinct represents the "pinnacle" of its architectural style and is critical to Canberra's urban design history. The two 2012 reports by planning and heritage experts were prepared as part of the process of creating a conservation plan for the precinct, never released by the ACT government.

Canberra Times

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/residential/melbourne-real-estate-agents-fight-underquoting-by-revealing-reserve-prices-20150423-1mq5id

Melbourne real estate agents fight underquoting by revealing reserve prices

Melbourne real estate agent Paul Caine has taken an unusual step in tackling underquoting – he made the vendor's reserve price public.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/residential/how-national-australia-bank-circumvents-rules-to-stop-a-property-bubble-20150422-1mqhp7

How banks circumvent rules to stop a property bubble

Some major banks, including National Australia Bank, are getting around Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority lending restrictions imposed designed to stop a bubble building in the property market, according to confidential mortgage calculators.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/apartment-guru-stanley-quek-tips-a-flat-patch-in-apartment-market/story-fn9656lz-1227315892603

Apartment guru Stanley Quek tips a flat patch

Veteran international property developer Stanley Quek believes that pockets of the Australian apartment market have become “toppy” with a fall in value likely as oversupply emerges. Dr Quek has built thousands of apartments in Sydney since 1994, when he launched his first project in Kirribilli on the lower north shore.

The Australian