Number of lenders with a home loan under 5pc. Source: Canstar. Eighteen Australian lenders have slashed interest rates below 5 per cent ahead of the Reserve Bank’s expected big move on Tuesday. Comparison firm Canstar’s database to August 8 showed 18 lenders had at least one fixed rate sitting under 5 per cent now, and […]
‘What have you done?!’: Block team’s embrassing fail. Has anyone in Block history every taken a pasting with as much good cheer as Mat and Robby? The best mates from Adelaide’s drunken choice of a dark striped fabric for their self-upholstered bedhead has well and truly come home to roost, the judges united in horror […]
Danny and Amy Neilsen arrived in Mudgeeraba only two months before it was named Queensland’s best lifestyle suburb for homeowners. With a two-year-old and a four-week old baby, the couple searched up and down the Gold Coast to find the right home for their growing family. “We were probably looking for a good 8 months,” […]
Greg and Leonie Swann at their home in Balmoral. Photo: Annette Dew AFL boss Greg Swann and his wife Leonie are selling their Queensland property, following their move to Victoria. The Brisbane home — aptly named Chateau Swann — is a stunning five-bedder in Balmoral that’s been a hotspot among AFL players. Swann returned to […]
SOLD: No.34 Balook St, Lauderdale. Picture: Supplied Few homes have fetched the price that this modern marvel was sold for. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom beachfront residence at No.34 Balook St, Lauderdale, was secured for $2.32m. Fewer than two dozen greater Hobart homes have sold for that price or more this year. And it was the second-highest […]
For the past five years beloved vintage store Dulcie’s Shop of Real Opportunity has called its storied Kidman Park premises home. Now it’s on the move, as “custodians or chief volunteers” – media identity Amanda Blair and PR queen Michele D’Aloia focus their attention on the not-for-profit’s city operations. “We’ve advised our landlords we won’t […]
Melbourne’s property market heats up as buyers rush to secure homes ahead of a possible interest rate cut, pushing the clearance rate above 72 per cent. Melbourne buyers and sellers are acting early ahead of Tuesday’s expected interest rate cut, fuelling fierce competition at the weekend’s auctions and pushing the city’s clearance rate to 72.5 […]
Before and after: A home converted from an old Salvation Army hall. Design by Hunt & Design, build by Schmidt Construction. Picture: Tom Ferguson They’re homes made from old barns, warehouses, grain silos and even police and fire stations. Across NSW, a wave of homebuyers are rewriting the rules of real estate by transforming historic […]
The Melbourne suburbs that have had the biggest increase in prices since rate cuts began earlier this year have been revealed. House prices have jumped at least $10,000 in 150 Melbourne suburbs since interest rates were cut in February and another clip on Tuesday could fuel a further surge. But, in an unexpected twist there […]
Junnel Sinajon is building his first home in Townsville, a place he loves for its lifestyle and community. Picture: Shae Beplate. Junnel Sinajon may not have been born in Townsville but he is now a confirmed local, building his first house in the NQ capital and proudly declaring his allegiance to the Cowboys and the […]