Melbourne International Flower & Garden show opens today
The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show opened at the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens today, and will remain open until Sunday 2 April.
"It is an eccentric category that is so niche. We think someone connected to the film industry or a lover of cinema will be drawn to it," says John Chancellor, of Matrix Property Group.
Top end of market faring well, but change is in the air
The top end of the property market continues to surge, with the clearance rate hitting 77.1 per cent on the weekend, but a change of sentiment is "in the wind" according to John Cunningham, president of the REINSW.
Tougher home lending not the answer for WA: REIWA, UDIA WA
Imposing tougher lending conditions in Western Australia could "see the green shoots that are just starting to emerge killed off", says UDIA WA CEO, Allison Hailes.
First-home buyers who use their superannuation to purchase their own home could end up with larger 'nest eggs' at retirement than if they continued to rent their whole lives, says the REIA.
National Australia Bank is the first of the big four banks to raise owner-occupier home-loan rates, lifting the rate by 7 basis points to 5.32 per cent.