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Big night of awards for Victorian Real Estate Institute

The Awards for Excellence were handed out at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne last night by the REIV to deserving winners in the real estate industry.

National

The Economy

Busy week of auctions ahead, says CoreLogic

Melbourne will be the main buzz for auction activity this week, leading up to Melbourne Cup week.

National

People

Sold! Sold! Sold! Auctioneer winner for third time

Justin Nickerson wins REIA's 2019 Australasian Auctioneering Championships for the third time.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne Fitzroy

Featured Property

This 1880s farm cottage is a Fitzroy oasis

Surrounded by gardens and tastefully enhanced, this inner-Melbourne residence includes a newly-built artist's studio. For sale by Shayne Mooney and Anthony Gattuso of Nelson Alexander Fitzroy.

National

People

Five Aussies have called it in Auctioneering Championship finals

The 2019 Australasian Real Estate Institutes’ Auctioneering Championships is an all Australian affair after competitors representing New Zealand failed to make the cut.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

People

Winners for apartment social experiment have been chosen

Australian Apartment Advocacy in conjunction with Mirvac, has announced the three successful candidates for the first ever Victorian Apartment trial at the Forge Apartments development in the Docklands, Melbourne.

New South Wales (NSW)

Politics

NSW building reforms introduced into Parliament

A whole suite of reforms to be introduced to the building and construction industry thanks to the Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2019

South Australia (SA)Adelaide

Featured Property

Prestige living in tree-lined Rose Park

This bluestone villa circa 1900 offers modern day elegance and luxury family living, including a separate self-contained retreat. For sale by Stephanie Williams and John Williams of Harcourts Williams.

National

People

Participants go under the hammer at the 2019 Auctioneering Championships

Contestants lined up today for their chance to come away with the top prize at this year's Australasian Real Estate Institute's 2019 Auctioneering Championships.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

Design

The sun shines on Brunswick East's new solar multi-residential project

Apartment living should not limit residents from accessing the benefits of solar energy, says Lucent

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News Roundup

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-20/graziers-challenge-rinehart-with-bid-for-kidman-cattle-empire/7948490

S Kidman and Co: Australian graziers challenge Gina Rinehart with home-grown bid for cattle empire

The first entirely Australian offer for the Kidman cattle empire is due to be lodged this weekend and will be higher than Gina Rinehart's Australian-Chinese bid.

The ABC

http://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/buying/the-move-to-privatise-the-nsw-land-titles-registry-could-push-costs-up-further-for-homebuyers/news-story/5f2d53833f0f64f78a6d2c78649aaf30

The move to privatise the NSW land titles registry could push costs up further for homebuyers

Concerns are mounting that the privatisation of the NSW land titles registry will push up the cost of buying a home in the country’s least affordable state.

news.com.au

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/hotels-and-leisure/cowboy-developers-face-1m-in-penalties-over-pub-destruction-20161018-gs4pw3#ixzz4NQ1TEh9j

'Cowboy' developers face $1m in penalties over pub destruction

The developers who illegally demolished a 159-year-old Melbourne pub could face penalties of up to $1m and be forced to rebuild the facade as government, community and the development industry unite in outrage.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/moralisers-we-need-you/news-story/6bdb24f77572be68330bd306c14ee8a3

Moralisers, we need you!

"How can young people afford to eat like this? Twenty-two dollars several times a week could go towards a deposit on a house," writes Bernard Salt.

The Australian

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2016/oct/18/are-millennials-actually-bad-at-saving-or-are-houses-just-unaffordable?CMP=soc_567

Are millennials actually bad at saving or are houses just unaffordable?

Generation Y is often criticised for spending on luxury items but figures suggest they’re saving more than they used to and are faced with increasingly difficult-to-afford house prices.

The Guardian

http://thenewdaily.com.au/money/property/2016/10/14/underquoting-widespread/

‘Underquoting is so widespread I can’t hire real estate agents’

A Victorian real estate agent has been barred by a local newspaper from buying an advertisement warning readers of how widespread underquoting is in his industry.

The New Daily

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/developers-move-to-control-property-risk/news-story/caa586f075fb734a656c14564fdba5bd

Developers move to control property risk

Melbourne developer Golden Age will put a 20% cap on the ratio of overseas buyers, mostly Chinese, in its latest Sydney apartment project to lessen settlement risk.

The Australian

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/sydney-property-owner-makes-900pc-return-in-a-decade-20161017-gs4gfe

Sydney property: Owner makes 900pc return in a decade

Two doctors cashed in on the hot Sydney market, selling a Double Bay property that housed their practice for 40 years, for $4.61m on Monday.

The Australian Financial Review