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Ultimate family lifestyle with American coastal style

Perfect for families, the features of this Bulimba home include a full floor playroom, gymnasium, home office, a media room with projector, and an outdoor entertainer’s pavilion complete with a kitchen and pool. For sale by Sarah Hackett of Place Bulimba.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

People

Get to know Michael Paproth of The Agency

“Covid 19 has shown us that life is way too short to live in an area that isn’t perfect!”

Victoria (Vic.)

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Designer Farmhouse by Flinders Village

Sold by Andrew Hines and Cass Hines of Kay & Burton, who told WILLIAMS MEDIA, “there is such a high demand for Flinders and always such a small amount of quality properties available.”

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

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Street record for ‘completely perfect’ Taringa home

Sold by Matt Lancashire and Patrick Goldsworthy of Ray White New Farm, who told WILLIAMS MEDIA,“It’s becoming harder and harder to find such a significant landholding that close to the CBD.”

National

Politics

Apprentices benefit from JobTrainer package says HIA

Graham Wolfe of the Housing Industry Association (HIA) welcomes the $2 billion JobTrainer package from the Federal Government.

Politics

Foreign Investment rules change for property investors

If you’re a foreign buyer looking to purchase a residential property in Australia, these are the changes you will need to know, according to Daniel Ward of Knight Frank.

National

The Economy

Clearance rates and auction volumes drop for June quarter: CoreLogic

The latest quarterly drop in auction results released by CoreLogic came as no surprise as the nation faced some of the greatest disruptions to usual business practices during this period.

National

The Economy

Buyers looking for bargains in country towns: ME Property Report

Young first home buyers look for COVID-19 bargains including in country towns, according to the latest ME Quarterly Property Sentiment Report.

International

Construction

Mandalika: The Indonesian myth soon to be a reality

Invest Islands co-founder Kevin Deisser talks to WILLIAMS MEDIA about what could be the Indonesian Government's most ambitious development to date.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

Politics

Moving house in restricted areas in Victoria is permitted

The Victorian State Government has confirmed people are able to move house in and out of the restricted areas.

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News Roundup

https://www.domain.com.au/news/three-charts-on-australian-mortgage-stress-it-isn8217t-as-bad-as-you-might-think-20170410-gvhefb/

Three charts on Australian mortgage stress

It isn’t as bad as you might think.

Domain

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/vacancy-tax-not-useful-to-the-long-term-solution-of-increasing-housing-supply-20170410-gvhsh7

Vacancy tax not useful to the long term solution of increasing housing supply

"Taxes relative to the very rich, are very small. Investors who can leave their properties vacant will continue to do so."

The Australian Financial Review

https://qz.com/953775/hsbc-survey-shows-chinese-millennials-are-twice-as-likely-to-own-their-own-homes-as-us-and-uk-millennials/

Chinese millennials are twice as likely to be homeowners as their peers in the US and UK

A whopping 70% of Chinese millennials already own their own homes.

Quartz

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-10/debt-distribution-poses-new-threat-to-housing-market/8429578?pfmredir=sm

Distribution of debt poses new trigger to the property, housing market

Extreme levels of household debt are at the highest levels in our history, and among the worst in the world.

The ABC

https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2017/apr/10/shoes-hygiene-home-trainers-germs-house?CMP=soc_568

Should you take your shoes off at the door?

There are those who lie awake panicking because wearing outdoors shoes indoors upsets the natural order of things, and there are normal people, who don’t really care.

The Guardian

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/construction-growth-slows-as-apartment-decline-pulls-sector-lower-20170408-gvgxxe

Construction growth slows as apartment decline pulls sector lower

Construction growth slowed in March as a continued retreat in apartment building weighed on the detached house sector.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/half-melbournes-offtheplan-units-selling-at-a-loss/news-story/17009966c75408fb65665ced76a1c325

Half Melbourne’s off-the-plan units ‘selling at a loss’

More than half the apartments bought off the plan in Melbourne’s CBD, Docklands and Southbank since 2011 have changed hands at a loss, while many inner-Brisbane unit buyers are also out of pocket.

The Australian

https://www.domain.com.au/news/palm-beach-landmark-home-pegasus-passes-in-at-auction-20170408-gvgqa0/

Palm Beach landmark home ‘Pegasus’ passes in at auction

A rare slice of real estate on Sydney’s northern beaches struggled to rouse buyers on Sydney’s busiest auction day.

Domain