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Queensland (Qld)

People

Cannon joins McGrath Bulimba

McGrath Estate Agents has welcomed Ben Cannon to the McGrath Bulimba team.

Queensland (Qld)Gold Coast

The Economy

RWSP on a recruitment drive

Queensland's Ray White Surfers Paradise Group (RWSP) is looking to expand further afield, following improving market conditions and business growth.

South Australia (SA)Adelaide

Featured Property

Three levels of beachside luxury in Kingston Park

Reminiscent of a Sydney Harbour lifestyle, this brand new home features uninterrupted views and direct beach access. For sale by Pete Angel of Century 21 Brighton.

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A World of Difference - Knight Frank

Knight Frank has released a new brand video to highlight its prestige residential sales and luxury real estate.

Victoria (Vic.)

The Economy

Victoria auction market picks up - REIV

June 2019 recorded a 67 per cent clearance rate for Victoria which is the highest monthly clearance rate in more than a year, since April 2018.

National Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

Design

Solaire take the win for sustainability

Solaire Properties & ARP Building have won the Master Builders QLD Brisbane Housing and Construction award for Excellence in Sustainable Living for their recently developed home, La Fleur, in the Brisbane suburb of Auchenflower.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

Featured Property

Port Melbourne penthouse with city skyline views and direct beach access

This Beacon Cove penthouse apartment is ideally positioned for lifestyle, convenience and security, with magnificent outlooks. For sale by Gerald Betts and Cristina Porto of RT Edgar Albert Park.

National

The Economy

Housing affordability best since 1999, say HIA

All eight capital cities saw an improvement in the Housing Industry Association Affordability Index for the June 2019 quarter, with Darwin showing the greatest improvement, its index up by 4.8 per cent.

National

The Economy

How robotics can help improve customer experience - CoreLogic

Although robotics has been gaining traction in the business world, there are many misconceptions around its capability. A common one is that BOTs – which execute the commands they’ve been programmed to do – will make humans redundant.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

People

Ray White Ballarat celebrates 30 years

Phillip Lee, together with his colleague Trevor Booth, opened Booth and Lee in 1989. It was 2011 when Mr Lee and Mr Booth realised that with changing times, their business had hit the limit of what it was able to achieve as a real estate agency.

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News Roundup

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/hotels-and-leisure/asian-tourists-are-driving-a-hotel-boom-not-seen-since-the-late-1980s-20160726-gqe5cp

The great Aussie hotel building boom

Developers are building hotels at a pace not seen since the late 1980s.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/vancouvers-foreign-buyer-tax-draws-criticism-from-housing-experts/article31111501/

Vancouver’s foreign-buyer tax draws criticism from housing experts

A tax intended to calm soaring real estate prices in Vancouver may be difficult to enforce, experts say.

The Globe and Mail

http://www.rpmonline.com.au/blogs/14794-5-signs-your-property-is-a-drug-lab?utm_source=ResidentialPropertyManager&utm_campaign=27_07_16&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1

Suburban apartment projects must be bigger

Apartment projects in Melbourne's suburbs haven't grown to match the rising demand, figures from the UDIA and Charter Keck Cramer show.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/twicedaily-union-meetings-halted-commonwealth-games-stadium-work/news-story/237026a3d16d3cc9dc6240e24241cf68

Twice-daily union meetings halted Commonwealth Games stadium work

Subcontractors were forced to boycott a Gold Coast Commonwealth Games construction site because 'unlawful' twice-daily meetings were called by a militant union.

The Australian

http://www.domain.com.au/news/growing-demand-for-turnkey-homes-in-australia-20160719-gq8ctd/

Growing demand for ‘turn-key’ homes in Australia

Prestige agents are reporting growing demand for homes where buyers are purchasing not only the bricks and mortar but everything inside.

Domain

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/investors-borrow-billions-to-buy-nz-houses/news-story/26fe9deffbaa9322aba3a69dc6226e4a

Investors borrow billions to buy NZ houses

The proportion of investor loans in the New Zealand housing market is on the rise.

The Australian

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/sales/going-underground-space-is-hard-to-move-9-levels-deep-in-milsons-point-20160726-gqdqpj

Going underground: space is hard to move, 9 levels deep in Milsons Point

It's an exclusive space in North Sydney, with a private lift, privacy and security, but the 758sqm space is nine levels below ground.