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2018 REINSW Novice Auctioneer final looms

The best novice auctioneers in the state will go head to head this week with the final of the 2018 REINSW Novice Auctioneers Competition, according to the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales.

Queensland (Qld)Sunshine Coast

Featured Property

Naturally Noosa: Exclusive Little Cove villa with stunning views

This private sanctuary is steps from Hastings Street boutiques, bars, and beaches with the peaceful Noosa National Park at the doorstep. For sale by Adam Watts and David Conolly of Century 21 Conolly Hay Group Noosa Heads.

Queensland (Qld)

Design

Winners announced at 2018 Queensland Landscape Architecture Awards

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) have announced the winners of the 2018 Queensland Landscape Architecture Awards.

Queensland (Qld)Brisbane

People

Queensland Sotheby's International Realty host auction event at the AMG Mercedes dealership

Queensland Sotheby's International Realty have hosted their first auction event overnight at the Mercedes AMG Showroom in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

New South Wales (NSW)

Politics

Apartment owners left confused by government's vague announcement on Airbnb reforms

The vague announcement from the NSW government on Airbnb regulations has left apartment owners and strata managers confused on regulating short term letting in their buildings.

Queensland (Qld)Sunshine Coast

Featured Property

Montana Park: the Sunshine Coast’s ultimate horse property

With approx. 42.23ha of international standard equestrian facilities, this property offers luxury to the highest standard for you and your valuable bloodstock. For sale by Lew Pottinger of Ray White Buderim.

National

The Economy

McGrath secures 'strategic' investment by Aqualand

Chinese-backed developer Aqualand is set to acquire a 15 per cent stake in the ASX-listed McGrath real estate group, a major coup for the new chief executive Geoff Lucas.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney

The Economy

Sydney: It's hot in the city, but there are still opportunities to be had

With the first quarter of 2018 behind us, there are already some shifts being identified in the financing of Sydney development projects, according to Melvin Seeto, State Manager (NSW) at HoldenCAPITAL.

International

People

Andrew North wins REINZ Auctioneering Championships for fourth time

Andrew North, a real estate agent from Harcourts Cooper & Co on Auckland's North Shore, has won the 2018 Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) National Real Estate Auctioneering Championships.

Western Australia (WA)Perth

Featured Property

Chantry House: a modern take on 19th Century style

This grand residence is set on a manicured estate of approx. 1,434 sqm in Perth's highly sought after enclave of Peppermint Grove. For sale by Jody Fewster of ACTON Cottesloe.

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News Roundup

http://www.straitstimes.com/business/aussie-real-estate-still-drawing-spore-firms

Aussie real estate still drawing S'pore firms

There has been no let-up in Singapore companies buying into properties Down Under this year.

The Straits Times

http://www.perthnow.com.au/realestate/melbourne-looks-set-to-outshine-sydney-on-the-property-ladder/news-story/70a9e68047f0b1283afa8416d753fde3

Melbourne looks set to outshine Sydney

Generations of friendly Sydney versus Melbourne rivalry has lead to heated banter about the “best” coffee, but this time it just got serious — whose property will be the priciest? SQM’s 2016 Housing Boom and Bust Report out today suggests that while the general Australian property market is about to hit a go-slow phase, Melbourne looks set to outshine Sydney when it comes to price growth.

news.com.au

http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/brian-hartzer-andrew-thorburn-tip-further-house-price-growth-20151014-gk9gf6.html

Property slump looms? Not so, say NAB's Andrew Thorburn and Westpac's Brian Hartzer

The chief executives from two of Australia's big four banks have dismissed predictions of a sharp correction in house prices.

Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/westpac-rate-move-did-not-hit-auction-buyers-on-thursday-20151015-gk9q0e

Westpac rate move did not hit auction buyers on Thursday

Westpac's move to raise home loan interest rates did not affect commercial auctions in Sydney on Thursday. There was furious bidding for development sites in Waitara in Sydney's north and in the inner south in Alexandria but buyers were cautious about retail assets.

The Australian Financial Review

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/29827162/tree-change-must-come-with-bushfire-readiness/

Tree change must come with bush fire readiness

Too many people are making a tree change to WA’s most bushfire prone areas with no knowledge of how to protect themselves from a blaze, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services has warned.

The West Australian

http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au/news/14665-industry-reacts-to-dire-predictions

Industry reacts to dire predictions

One investment firm's forecast of a 7.5 per cent decline in property prices has stirred strong reactions from the real estate industry, with predictions that the upswing still has plenty left to run and warnings that the Australian market should not be judged as one entity.

Smart Property Investment

http://finance.yahoo.com/video/u-housing-real-estate-finally-135727590.html

Has US Housing and Real Estate Finally Recovered?

Metacapital Management founder Deepak Narula discusses the U.S. mortgage market, real estate and his investment ideas. He speaks on "Bloomberg GO.'

Yahoo Finance

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2015/10/14/property/biggest-loser-house-price-crash

The biggest loser from a house price crash

One of the biggest losers in any property downturn would be the government. The Australian tax system raises 9 per cent of its total tax revenue from property, compared to an OECD average of 5 per cent, making property owners Australia's largest collective taxpayer. No other asset class is subject to such a high level of taxation.

Business Spectator