Housing for people in need across Albury is set to be reimagined under a landmark agreement between the NSW Government and Albury City Council.

With continuing spikes in wholesale electricity prices adding to Australia’s soaring cost of living, energy bills will squeeze household budgets more than ever this winter. Now new research has revealed that a staggering 75 per cent of households will change the way they use energy at home in a bid to save money.

An agent’s personal brand is more powerful than an agency in today’s market, newly minted independent sales agent Paul May says. The veteran agent launched Paul May Real Estate in January after decades working for major franchises in Melbourne’s southeast. Mr May decided to go with @realty’s OASIS platform after assessing the different options on the market.

The latest record to topple at the hands of the Highland group was 16a Kurramatta Place Cronulla sold for $9.5 million by Highland agents Mitchell Wynn and Laura McKay marking the highest price paid for a tidal waterfront property in the area surpassing the standing high-water mark of $6 million.