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New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Markets

Open home numbers "encouraging and surprising": Josh Larsen, Di Jones

"A few of us have been surprised by the numbers" at open homes, says Di Jones' head auctioneer, Josh Larsen.

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

People

Bridgeman Downs luxury acreage achieves near record price in only 30 days

An iconic luxury acreage in Brisbane's exclusive Bridgeman Downs has sold for $4.9 million through Place estate agent and managing director, Sarah Hackett.

People

Get to know Dr Phillip Roös, world-leading environmental architect

Dr Phillip Roös hopes to see more architecture embrace 'deep sustainability', where design enriches place, considers people, responds to local character and culture, and creates a healthy environment.

Victoria (Vic.)

Featured Property

A Barwon Heads beach shack with a big difference

A superbly designed and constructed 'beach shack' combines recycled timbers and corrugated iron with contemporary materials and fittings, and state-of-the-art appliances.

National New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

The Economy

Sydney property market leads capitals lower

Chris Wilkins, agent with Ray White Drummoyne, told SCHWARTZWILLIAMS he expects prices to fall up to another 5 per cent this year.

Northern Territory (NT)Darwin

The Economy

"We must remain positive": Darwin property remains in a slump

Darwin's declining population is weighing on the property market, Quentin Kilian, chief executive of the REINT, told SCHWARTZWILLIAMS.

Western Australia (WA)Perth

Markets

Perth's top suburbs in 2017: North Fremantle, Applecross, and Dalkeith

The REIWA has released a list of the fastest growing suburbs in 2017, revealing that North Fremantle, Applecross and Dalkeith were the city's top performers.

Queensland (Qld)Sunshine Coast

Featured Property

Sunshine Beach sanctuary

Stephen Kidd of Kidd + Co Designers told WILLIAMS MEDIA, "Sunshine Beach is one of my favourite locations for the village, beach, lifestyle and the people. This home captures it all."

International New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Developers

Wanda Group sells Australian projects to Yuhu for $1.13 billion

Yuhu's owner, Huang Xiangmo, was involved in political scandals last year that eventually resulted in the resignation of senator Sam Dastyari.

National

Markets

House prices Australia wide are rising, but don't expect a strong recovery: Macquarie

"It is now looking very likely that housing prices at the national level are again rising modestly," said Macquarie in a note to clients.

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News Roundup

http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/national-precast-concrete-association/precast-concrete-expected-to-be-the-future-of-floo

Precast concrete expected to be the future of flooring in Australia

The National Precast Concrete Association forecasts that precast concrete will be the flooring of choice in the future thanks to its cost benefits.

Architecture & Design

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sundayextra/home-ownership-in-australia-how-did-we-get-here-what-comes-next/6542820

Home ownership in Australia: if the love affair is over, what comes next?

Much of Australia’s wealth is tied up in real estate, and there are no signs the current federal government has an appetite to change the status quo.

ABC News

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/janusz-hooker-poised-to-take-control-of-real-estate-icon-lj-hooker-20150618-ghr1l2

Janusz Hooker poised to take control of real estate icon LJ Hooker

Janusz Hooker, the grandson of the founder of Australia's great real estate brand LJ Hooker, is poised to take control of the franchise group.

The Australian Financial Review

https://sourceable.net/architects-enjoying-better-times/#

Architects Enjoying Better Times

Having been through a period of low work volumes and margin pressures, architecture firms throughout most of the country are seeing a recovery in demand amid a 12 per cent rise in building activity over the past two years. Driving these gains are massive levels of investment in high-rise apartments, which have seen more multi-residential dwellings approved for construction over the past five months alone (on a seasonally adjusted basis) than were approved in the whole of calendar 2009.

Sourceable

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/17/upshot/100000002894612.app.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Is it better to rent or buy?

The New York Times has created an interactive graphic for people to see whether it's better for them in their circumstances to rent or buy property.

The New York Times

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/index.html?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&mode=premium&dest=http%3A//www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/foreign-developers-rethink-plans-as-costs-red-tape-bite/story-fnko7zi0-1227402833476&memtype=anonymous

Foreign developers rethink plans

Foreign developers rethink plans as costs, red tape bite.

The Australian

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2015/6/16/property/property-buyers-are-partying-its-2007

Property buyers are partying like it's 2007

Property advisor DTZ finds that the total value of the world’s property markets hit a record $US13.6 trillion in 2014, 19 per cent above the previous peak in 2008 and marking continuous annual growth since 2009. Investment activity has continued to flourish and is set to close in on 2007 peak levels in 2015, as the chart below reveals.

Business Spectator

http://techstory.in/news-corp-06162015/

News Corp Increases its Stake in Digital Real Estate Platform PropTiger.com

News Corp announced that it raised its stake in the Singapore-based Elara Technologies Pte, the parent company of India’s leading digital real estate marketing and transactions services provider, PropTiger.com.

Tech Story