After recently reviewing the Century 21 iPhone app, realestate.com.au have now come out with an updated version of their own app. This one has some obvious benefits over the Century 21 app, as realstate.com.au hosts just about every property for sale in Australia. You can also bookmark properties you’re interested in (great for going out …
Earlier today I posted a comment by a property planner on “why the Australian housing market will not crash“. Well, now they have extra support from the big end of town. Here’s what BIS Shrapnel have to say in the media release for their Residential Property Prospects 2011 – 2014: Despite many capital cities recording …
“I don’t think the Australian market is going to crash. It will of course follow market cycles and will go through corrections of 5 to 10 per cent as it is experiencing at present … The Australian and US markets differ greatly from a tax and financing point of view but when we dig a …
You may not know him, but you’ve probably seen his iconic images. His name is Julius Shulman, a wonderful architectural photographer with a fantastic attitude and passion for architectural photography. The clarity of his work demanded that architectural photography had to be considered as an independent art form. Each Shulman image unites perception and understanding …
In 1996, The Royal Australian Institute of Architects introduced the Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award to the best residential project of the year in Victoria. It is the highest honour in the state for Residential Architecture. This year the award was presented to NMBW Architecture Studio for their “Sorrento House”: “Sorrento House, elegantly designed from an economy …
After seeing it pushed in my Facebook feed for the past week or so, I decided to download the new Century 21 Australia iPhone app to see what it was like. My first impression was that it was pretty good – it offered great information about a suburb (local sales results, current median prices, real …
Reader’s Digest have once again released the results of their survey of 1000 Australians to discover Australia’s most trusted professions. It seems to happen every year, and once again real estate agents rank poorly – below celebrities, sex workers, and taxi drivers, and only above car salesmen, politicians, and telemarketers. Why is it that the …
From the Brisbane Times: “I’ve always gone out on a limb and remained positive in the face of everything throughout my 30-year-plus career. Now, I can’t. I have to be honest here. This is the beginning of the end of the higher end. I’ve never spoken so negatively about the property market to the media …
Queensland State Government increases Stamp Duty – what will this mean for the real estate industry?
Update – June 29, 2011: According to a real estate agent I was speaking with today, the stamp duty increases kicks in for properties that sign a contract AFTER August 1. I had heard from someone else that settlement might have been required before August 1 (they weren’t quite sure), but it looks like settlement …
I came across this great blog post called “The Five Year Rule for Buying a House“. It’s concerned with selling a house in the USA, but I think the same basic principles apply here. Here it is really briefly: When you purchase a house, the general rule is that you want to be sure to …