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Sydney Architecture Festival keynote speaker to tackle affordability crisis with 'people-led' design

American architect Dr Kristien Ring's World Architecture Day oration at the Sydney Architecture Festival on 2 October will be titled 'From profit-driven, to people-led housing for Sydney'.

Queensland (Qld)

Featured Property

Too good to be true: golf course frontage Marina Mirage, Port Douglas

'Serenity': Port Douglas home on Sheraton Grand Mirage Golf Course. A builder's own home, uniquely built with stainless steel framework. For sale by Tony McGrath, The Pink Company.

National Tasmania (Tas.)Hobart Western Australia (WA)Perth

The Economy

Hobart vacancy rates at record low: SQM Research

Hobart's vacancy rate in August was the lowest recorded by SQM since it began collating the data in 2005.

National

The Economy

Mortgage arrears at five-year highs, expected to rise further: Moody's

Credit ratings agency Moody's has revealed mortgage arrears are at a five-year high in Australia, but the data is widely divergent from state to state.

Victoria (Vic.)

People

Get to know Peter McIntyre, 70 years as an architect and still at the drawing board

Peter McIntyre AO began working in his father's architecture practice as an office boy at the age of seven. Today, the business is still very much a family affair, and McIntyre can look back at a long and successful career, studded with prestigious awards.

Victoria (Vic.)

Featured Property

Great Ocean Road beachfront, 'Storm Point Cottage'

Designed by world-renowned architect, Peter McIntyre AO: "It was to feel as if the sea had come in one side and washed out of the other." For sale with Darren Brimacombe and Jock Langley.

New South Wales (NSW)Sydney Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

The Economy

Sydney's eastern suburbs "back to a normal market": Alexander Phillips, PPDRE

The heat's gone out of the market, but the depth of buyers will prevent prices from falling dramatically, says Alexander Phillips of Phillips Pantzer Donnelley.

Victoria (Vic.)Melbourne

The Economy

Postcodes add more value to your property than street name: REIV

Apartments on the same street but in different postcodes can vary in price by more than $800,000 says Joseph Walton, president of the REIV.

Victoria (Vic.)

The Economy

The cheapest house sold at auction in Victoria last week: $139,500

The most affordable house to be sold at auction in Victoria last week was a three-bedroom home at 9 Brookes St, Traralgon.

Queensland (Qld)

Featured Property

Wildlife and winery... walk to Sirromet Winery, wallabies, koalas and endless birdlife

Luxury Mt Cotton home on 8.7 acres within walking distance of Sirromet Winery, for sale by Jan Goetze of Raine & Horne Sales Cleveland.

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News Roundup

http://www.wsj.com/articles/when-eco-isnt-economic-1430327181

When ‘Eco’ Isn’t Economic

Environmentally friendly features may only generate modest gains when it is time to sell.

The Wall Street Journal

http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/comment/australia-s-apartment-design-going-backwards-vic-a

Australia’s apartment design going backwards

"As our cities grow, it is vital that we design them to be as sustainable, healthy and liveable as possible. There is very strong evidence to suggest that we are going backwards on apartment design. Our current free market approach is delivering developers higher profits but leaving an enduring legacy of poor apartments which will have very negative impacts on our future."

Architecture & Design

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/68185804/heated-auckland-market-drives-average-nationwide-property-asking-prices-higher

Auckland market drives prices higher

The heated Auckland market is the culprit for driving up the average national asking price for houses to a new record high, with prices flat or down in other parts of the country.

stuff.co.nz

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/residential/apartment-prices-fall-in-melbourne-brisbane-canberra-sydney-rises-domain-says-20150429-1mvzcj

Apartment prices fall in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra; Sydney rises

The apartment-building splurge is starting to dampen prices, with Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra all recording declines in the first quarter, Domain Group figures show.

The Australian Financial Review

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/treasury/sydney-tops-for-postcodes-of-prosperity/story-fn59nsif-1227325605833

Sydney tops for postcodes of prosperity

Sydney’s eastern suburbs continue to dominate the nation’s highest-earning postcodes, with Perth’s wealthiest suburbs showing a decline in reportable income, according to the Australian Taxation Office.

The Australian

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/demand-for-tumbi-real-estate-skyrockets-to-one-of-most-hotly-contested-markets-in-the-country/story-fngr8h0p-1227326671623

Tumbi Umbi on Central Coast a rising suburb

Tumbi Umbi has seen one of the biggest jumps in buyer demand in Australia, according to Realestate. com.au. The Central Coast hot spot is considered a “suburb on the rise” after recording the sixth most significant increase in demand for property across Australia and the fourth largest surge in NSW alone.

Central Coast Express Advocate

http://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/8432-regional-bank-outclasses-majors?utm_source=Mortgage%20Business&utm_campaign=Mortgage_Business_Newsletter30_04_2015&utm_medium=email

Regional bank outclasses majors

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has been named Australia’s most reputable third-party bank as part of an annual global study. The regional bank ranked seventh in the 2015 Corporate Reputation Index conducted by research consultancy AMR and the Reputation Institute – up six places from 2014.

Mortgage Business

http://www.afr.com/leadership/company-culture/report-finds-property-sector-needs-more-women-in-management-and-leadership-roles-20150429-1mw5dk

Report finds property sector needs more women in management and leadership roles

Male workers in Australia's property industry have underestimated their "unconscious bias" against women in their workplace and have fallen behind other sectors in gender diversity.

The Australian Financial Review