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Posted in Boutique Developments

New High-End Boutique Developments

Increasingly there is a growing trend amongst developers to cater to owner occupiers – from an increase in boutique sized developments, along with customisable/...

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Posted in urban planning

Eco-Friendly Homes

There are lots of issues impacting the housing market. However, among all of the commentary surrounding the market aspects such as affordability, supply and fin...

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Posted in Property Marketing

Property & The Internet of Things

When it comes to property marketing, I’ve long ago lost track of the number of times that I’ve talked about and written about the importance and impact of locat...

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Posted in First Home Buyers Scheme

What we know so far about the new First Home Buyer Deposit Scheme

The Federal Government’s new First Home Buyer Scheme will permit a select number of Australian First Home Buyers the opportunity to secure a mortgage with only...

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Posted in Newmarket Randwick

Newmarket Randwick Opens it’s Gates for Guided Tours

As Newmarket Randwick nears first stage completion, Cbus Property have opened up the gates of the heritage site allowing guided tours of the ongoing transformat...

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Posted in Investors

3 Reasons to invest now in Sydney property

The Sydney real estate market may have scared off some buyers in the past 24 months, however, smart buyers and property investors know that now is the time to s...

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Posted in housing market

Two Important Reviews Underway

Ifrastructure Planning & Building and Development Certifiers Regulation 2019. Currently there are two very important areas of policy under review concerning pla...

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Posted in interest rates

Three Trends to Watch

Over the past two weeks I’ve concentrated on a range of external trends; social, economic and political events that have had an impact on the housing market sin...

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Posted in Investors

Investors Return to Market

Investors are returning to the residential market; their motivation can be linked to a number of factors including very competitive interest rates, the potentia...

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Posted in Apartment design

Australian Housing a Very Brief Memoire Concludes

Last week I started to take a very brief look at the social landscape of some major events and trends that have influenced the Australian housing since the end...

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Posted in housing market

Australian Housing A Very Brief Memoire

Over the next two weeks I’m going to take a very brief journey through the landscape of Australian housing, refreshing my memory of some of the key factors that...

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Posted in Affordability

Why First Time Buyers Are Important

First time buyers are possibly the most important sector of the housing market. That’s a big statement and I think it’s worth considering why. It’s a view that...

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Posted in Infrastructure

Sydney's North Shore Leads Recovery

As Sydney’s auction clearance rate this week topped 80% the North Shore accounted for about 15% of activity. However, it’s worth noting that a high proportion o...

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Posted in new apartments

Buying & Selling

Buy or Rent? Should you buy or rent? It’s a question that often occupies the waking hours and the sometimes-sleepless nights, of many people looking for a home....

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Posted in new apartments

Apartments Are A Well-Regulated Purchase

No matter the asking price, buying an apartment is a big investment both financially and emotionally. Following last week’s suggested check-list of key question...

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Posted in new apartments

Buying An Apartment - 10 Questions

Apartment living offers some great advantages, it’s a housing trend that’s here to stay, and while yes, it’s not for everyone more Australians are increasingly...

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Posted in Infrastructure

Infrastructure Drives Property Demand

Infrastructure is a key feature influencing property demand in Sydney, evidenced by several projects which have achieved strong sales results whilst other subur...

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Auction clearance rates show NSW residential market back on track

The NSW residential market is on the road to recovery, with the current auction clearance rate indicating positive signs for the market. Clearance rate for auct...

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Decoding APRA Home Lending Changes

‘APRA’ may well have been a name that was not very familiar to a majority of Australian homebuyers, that is until recently. Today however, APRA along with inter...

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A new kind of living – a luxury resort style sanctuary, a first for Penrith!

Desire, escape and urban dreaming. Aqua brings together beautiful apartments in a breathtaking resort setting with a standard of design never seen before in Pen...

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Posted in interest rates

Historically Low Interest Rates

t appears that very low interest rates are here to stay, well at least for the immediate and foreseeable future. The Australian housing market has always been c...

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Posted in Randwick

We've Come A Long Way and There's Much More To Come.

Last week I looked back almost 20-years to the release of Paddington Green located in Sydney’s historic Paddington. At the time, this project to my thinking, de...

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Posted in Housing trends

We've Come a Long Way - The Paddington Green Urban Development Success Story

In the introduction to their book ‘City Limits’ authors Jane-Frances Kelly and Paul Donegan comment: ‘Australia is a nation of city dwellers. Many of the joys o...

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Posted in Greater Sydney

Greater Sydney Region Plan Delivers Development Opportunities

According to Greater Sydney Commission, Chief Commissioner, Lucy Turnbull AO, great cities are products of broad and genuine collaboration, which is a theme ref...

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Posted in Property Industry

How has the Australia property market changed since the 2019 election? Is the market freeze over?

For those of us in the NSW Residential Property industry, the first six-months of 2019 will go down as some of the harshest market trading conditions in the Res...

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Posted in APRA

APRA Standards Updated For Home Lending

'APRA’ may well have been a name that was not very familiar to a majority of Australian homebuyers, that is until recently. Today however, APRA along with inter...

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Posted in Q&A

Q&A: Guillaume Volz

Question: Guillaume talk us through what Residential development sites looks like and what you do? GV: Residential developments is an exciting area as it could...

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Posted in Ethos Urban

Local Strategic Planning Statements (LSPS) for Landowners - Why you need to have you say now

Now is the time for Landowners to think strategically about the amendments being made to planning controls in NSW via the Local Strategic Planning Statement (LS...

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Posted in population growth

Cities are Complex Places: Why a Global Approach to Sustainable Urban Design Is Essential

Cities are complex places and even though they have been around for at least 6,000 years we are still working hard to get them just right. Cities and how they f...

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Posted in Housing trends

FIRB Annual Report 2017-2018 Points To Slowing Development

Picking up from last week, the FIRB Annual Report 2017-18 includes this comment; ‘Australia’s foreign investment policy encourages foreign investment in the res...

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