Have you ever watched that great television series Grand Designs?
It follows the journeys of ordinary people with big ideas for their dream homes, from concept to incept and through to completion.
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Are we heading for a recession and what would it mean for the property market?
That’s a question I was recently asked by Yahoo Finance where I’ve been writing a regular property column for well over a decade.
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So, you want to take on a construction project.
It’s an admirable ambition – and a smart one at a time when the market in most major cities looks to have bottomed out and be on the verge of recovery…
You only need to spend a day driving around Brisbane to see that things are well and truly pumping in the Sunshine State’s capital.
You’ve got the new Howard Smith Wharves precinct, the massive amounts of devel…
It’s no secret that housing markets in some Australian capital cities have had a rough trot since the boom ended in the final quarter of 2017.
Since then, prices have fallen by double-digits in Sydn…
The funny thing about every market downturn is that when we’re in it, it’s often hard to see the forest for the trees. We think what’s happening is unique and worse than ever before.
But cast your minds back to…
Who says housing is unaffordable.
O.K. I admit it’s expensive in our big capital cities – it’s a first world problem that comes with living in world class cities on the bay in the best country in the world at t…
It’s 18 months now since property markets, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, saw the beginning of a softening in median prices.
Or, what some pundits will have you believe, was a bursting of Australia’s hou…
When you’re buying your very first place, it can be easy to get caught up in the excitement of it all – as well as how overwhelming it all can sometimes feel.
You know how much you’ve been pre-approved for and …
I recently met a young couple who had come to see me to help them sort out their mortgage.
They had been diligently working towards their home ownership dream for several years by saving money for a deposit, ke…
