What adds value to your house? How to decide between renovating and moving
Jun 21, 2020 11:38 am UTC| Real Estate Investing
The governments HomeBuilder scheme allows certain home owners to apply for a tax-free grant of A$25,000 if they are spending between $150,000 and $750,000 renovating a home or building a new home. Eligibility criteria are...
HomeBuilder misses a chance to make our homes perform better for us and the planet
Jun 05, 2020 10:56 am UTC| Real Estate
The federal governments new A$688 million HomeBuilder package might protect residential construction jobs but its a missed opportunity to deliver sustainability benefits that would save owners money in the long run. The...
Airbnb Hosts in US Planning to Sell Properties
May 25, 2020 22:26 pm UTC| Economy Real Estate
A number of Airbnb hosts in the United States are planning to sell their properties as well as the furnishings they bought to adorn their homes due to the financial fallout from the pandemic. Canceled bookings cost...
S. Korea Household Loans Down in April as Corporate Loans Post Record Increase
May 13, 2020 00:53 am UTC| Economy Real Estate
Bank loans to South Korean households slowed down to 4.9 trillion won in April, down from 9.6 trillion-won the previous month. Non-mortgage loans to households also dipped by 100 billion won, showing a significant...
Tiny houses: why more people are living in miniature
May 04, 2020 13:52 pm UTC| Life Real Estate
Tiny houses have been heralded as a radical and creative way to address a lack of affordable housing, as well as reducing living costs and shrinking our carbon footprint. My PhD research looks at the tiny house movement...
How will coronavirus affect property prices?
Mar 16, 2020 06:06 am UTC| Real Estate Investing Economy
Its one of the most Googled questions since the coronavirus and COVID-19 outbreak: how will coronavirus affect house prices? The bottom line is it will be negative - prices will go down. People, up until now, have been...
The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians
Mar 15, 2020 06:04 am UTC| Economy Real Estate
Social housing is part of the lives of a surprising number of Australians. On any one night in Australia, just over 4% of households rent social housing. Yet it has housed many more people than this for brief, and...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do