THE RECENT BUSHFIRES HAVE WREAKED HAVOC ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES, DESTROYING PROPERTY AND LEAVING RESIDENTS TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES WITH THE SCARRED LANDSCAPE A LONG TERM REMINDER; AND THEY ARE THE LUCKY ONES. We had four bushfire evacuees, and their cats, live with us during the Mundaring fires. Their trauma during those first days when […]
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Australian Financial Review A surge in holding costs, squeezed profit margins and a collapse in the off-the-plan apartment market are fuelling a sharp rise in the number of development sites being put up for sale, many of which have existing permits. In some cases, developers are coming under pressure from their lenders to put their […]
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IT IS WIDELY REPORTED THAT LAND VALUES SHOT UP DRAMATICALLY LAST DECADE, BUT SO DID THE VALUE OF HOMES BUYERS WERE BUILDING; AND JUST LIKE LAND PRICES, NEW HOMES PRICES HAVE NOT INCREASED FOR FIVE YEARS. The price of land was often cited as the main reason for new home prices shooting up dramatically between […]
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