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'I recognised what it could do in the marketplace': Real Estate Geelong founder riding high with Openn

Real Estate Geelong founder Wes Thornton has fielded auction bids from across the country and the world since joining the Openn Negotiation platform 12 months ago.

National

The Economy

John McGrath – Has COVID-19 changed real estate forever & my suburb picks for 2021

John McGrath looks to the newly released McGrath Report 2021 and explores how COVID-19 has changed the real estate industry.

Queensland (Qld)Sunshine Coast

Featured Property

‘Stonelea’: grand Noosa Hinterland estate

The “no expense spared” property is for sale through Kate Cox and Tony Cox of Reed & Co Estate Agents.

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

Featured Property

Award-winning Japanese-inspired riverfront sanctuary

Perfect for working from home, this property features a sizeable office and a sound-proofed music room that could double as a podcast studio. For sale by Sarah Hackett of Place Bulimba.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

Bespoke designer home encased in period façade

The architecturally redesigned terrace is footsteps from Oxford Street and Paddington Markets. For sale by Ben Collier and Davide Talone of The Agency.

International

Design

Tim Goom of Goom Landscapes: design is a stepping stone

A love of the outdoors is behind this award-winning landscape design and construction business.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

Celebrate City Living with this classic style 1920s apartment for sale

The Astor speaks of an elegant and stylish time gone by, and is to be experienced with one of its apartments for sale through Jennifer Aaron Real Estate.

Victoria (Vic.)

Featured Property

Breathtaking views, stunning gardens, and impressive architect designed residence: ‘Celestial Estate’

Designed to capture jaw dropping views from every location, this property boasts over 5 acres of exquisite park and gardens. For sale by Sue Gratton of Circa Heritage and Lifestyle Property.

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

Featured Property

Full floor apartment in boutique riverfront complex sold partly over FaceTime

The sale was the sixth in the area above $3m for Place Kangaroo Point in 2020.

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

People

Damian Hackett of Place shares his near 30 years of residential real estate experience and the changes he has seen

2021 will mark 30 years of residential real estate business ownership for Damian Hackett. In that time, he has experienced market highs and lows and of course witnessed major changes with technology, how consumers interact with real estate agents and consequently the overall perception of the industry.

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https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/11268-medium-density-housing-on-the-rise?utm_source=MortgageBusiness&utm_campaign=MBDaily%20bulletin11_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_content=4

Medium-density housing on the rise

The latest CoreLogic analysis shows that medium-density housing has been the most popular kind of housing in the last five years.

Mortgage Business

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/amp-capital-looks-outside-major-us-cities-for-best-returns/news-story/3a2262bac7a75f7889bf7f4ead153762

AMP Capital looks outside major US cities for best returns

Investors in US real estate can find better returns in markets outside major cities such as New York and Washington DC, AMP Capital research shows.

The Australian

https://www.domain.com.au/news/it8217s-time-for-swift-action-on-building-products-and-safety-20170711-gx86g1/

It’s time for swift action on building products and safety

Our politics and beleaguered bureaucracy have come to such an impasse that there is no longer any real expectation that action will follow talk.

Domain

http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/westpac-ditches-mortgage-products-in-major-product-review-20170709-gx7vt0

Westpac ditches mortgage products in major product review

Westpac, the nation's second largest mortgage lender, is ditching mortgage and equity-release products in a high-level review of its product range and underwriting standards.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.smh.com.au/national/feeling-anxious-chances-are-youre-a-young-woman-20170708-gx7aoi.html

Feeling anxious?

Chances are you're a young woman.

The Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/construction-activity-index-commercial-work-increases-apartments-slow-in-june-20170706-gx6gig?eid=Email%3Annn-16OMN00049-ret_newsl-membereng%3Annn-06/09/2016-BeforeTheBell-dom-business-nnn-afr-u&et_cid=29085686&et_rid=1925785124&Channel=Email&EmailTypeCode=&LinkName=http%3A//www.afr.com/real-estate/construction-activity-index-commercial-work-increases-apartments-slow-in-june-20170706-gx6gig%3Feid%3DEmail%3Annn-16OMN00049-ret_newsl-membereng%3Annn-06%252F09%252F2016-BeforeTheBell-dom-business-nnn-afr-u&Email_name=BTB-07-10&Day_Sent=10072017

Construction activity: commercial work increases, apartments slow in June

Apartment building slowed at its fastest pace in three months in June, but increasing detached house and commercial work kept the overall construction sector growing, an industry survey showed on Friday.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/residential/census-2016-mortgage-stress-eases-in-the-city-but-rate-rises-will-scar-the-fringe-20170707-gx6kf8

Mortgage stress eases in the city but rate rises will scar the fringe

Research by The Grattan Institute shows that if interest rates went up 2 percentage points, stress levels would be the highest on record apart from the squeeze in 1989.

The Australian Financial Review

http://thenewdaily.com.au/money/finance-news/2017/07/09/household-income-falling/?utm_source=Responsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170710_TND

It’s official. Regular Australians are getting poorer

Quarterly drops in household gross disposable income are not uncommon, but four quarterly declines in the space of six quarters – which has just happened – is. Outside global recessions, it is unprecedented.

The New Daily