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Modern Tennyson riverfront retreat

This Brisbane home features a fully-equipped cinema and home office, as well as a unique bank safe that has been transformed into a temperature-controlled wine cellar. For sale by Sarah Hackett of Place Bulimba.

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

Featured Property

Classic Ascot Queenslander just six kilometres from CBD

This dual-level family home provides everything you need to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle on approx. 1,000sqm. For sale by Patrick McKinnon of Place Ascot.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

People

Nina Maya Interiors: custom design with unexpected elements

Nina Maya's timeless aesthetic can be seen in her growing body of work, from the iconic Opera Bar in Sydney, to award-winning residential project The Glasshouse, and even a Melbourne Cup marquee.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

Award-winning bespoke home with sweeping bay and Sydney views

This Sydney sanctuary boasts an underground cinema room, cellar and rooftop terrace where the views take centre stage. For sale by Fiona Hellams and Chris Wilkins of Ray White Drummoyne.

New South Wales (NSW)

'Truly beautiful' federation home for sale in Armidale

The historic Birida apartment in the NSW Northern Tablelands is available for sale through Gail Schaefer of Uphill & Schaefer Real Estate.

New South Wales (NSW)

Politics

REINSW calls on Fair Trading to unlock jobs-in-waiting

There are hundreds of would-be workers in the NSW real estate industry forcibly unemployed due to NSW Fair Trading bureaucratic inefficiencies, says the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW).

National

The Economy

2020 has proven to be an interesting time for brand new and off the plan sales

Adam Sparkes, General Manager of McGrath Projects, "We are seeing that the two sectors of the market that have remained strong are at polar opposites."

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

Featured Property

Convenience, sophistication and space in Woollahra terrace

For sale by Ben Collier of The Agency who told WILLIAMS MEDIA, “This is one of the largest homes you will see for a property in this price range.”

National

The Economy

The Block 2020 refutes common investment property myth

BMT Tax Depreciation has found more than $14 million dollars in total estimated depreciation tax deductions on The Block 2020.

National

The Economy

Movinghub continues to lead innovation in the utility connection industry

While the world has been in lockdown, the creators of Movinghub, have been busy building Movinghub’s latest technology release that is the most powerful in the market.

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News Roundup

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