TODAY’S YOUNG WEALTH CREATORS ARE THE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS, BIOLOGISTS, PHYSICISTS, ANIMATORS, APP DESIGNERS AND THE MYRIAD OF OTHER PROFESSIONALS THAT THRIVE ON TRANSLATING IDEAS INTO OUTCOMES. CITIES THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REVERSED THEIR MAGNETIC POLARITY HAVE SELDOM DONE SO BY ACCIDENT, CHOOSING TO REFASHION AND SCULPT THEIR CITY INTO A PHYSICAL PLACE THAT IS HOST TO […]
THE FEDERAL MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS RECENTLY RELEASED A POLICY PAPER ON THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. IN SIMPLE TERMS IT LOOKS AT HOW NEW DEVELOPMENTS WILL RECEIVE BROADBAND (INTERNET) SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE DRAFT POLICY PAPER IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE RECENT VERTIGAN REVIEW’ “NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK MARKET […]
WHEN ASSESSING THE NEW RESIDENTIAL LAND PROPERTY MARKET WE LOOK AT MANY FACTORS BUT IN GENERAL THERE ARE THREE BROAD CATEGORIES OF PROPERTY DATA THAT WE USE TO CREATE A SNAPSHOT. When assessing the new residential land property market we look at many factors but in general there are three broad categories of property data […]
CONGESTION CHARGING HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF COVERAGE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND IT IS WORTHWHILE HAVING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ISSUES. Congestion charging is used in urban areas around the world to flatten peak traffic loads. This means charging people a fee to use the road infrastructure at set times to […]
THE REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK AND MADE SOME SENSIBLE OBSERVATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE CURRENT INEFFICIENT PROCESS OF DATA COLLECTION AND TRACKING OF BOTH THE VOLUME AND IMPACT OF OVERSEAS FOREIGN INVESTORS ON THE PROPERTY MARKET. WHILST THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD (FIRB) RELEASES DATA, […]
THE RECENT UDIA MARKET PREDICTIONS LUNCHEON GAVE SOME GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE VIEWS OF INDUSTRY ON WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE MARKET IN 2015. WITH 550 INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ROOM, THE EXPERT PANEL DECIDED TO PUT THEM TO WORK BY UNDERTAKING A POLL. IT WAS A PRETTY SIMPLE POLL; STAND UP IF YOU AGREE, […]
THIS WEEK THE MINISTER FOR PLANNING, THE HON JOHN DAY MLA, RELEASED THE LONG AWAITED DRAFT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (LOCAL PLANNING SCHEMES) REGULATIONS 2014. WHEN FINALISED, THESE REGULATIONS WILL AMEND AND REPLACE TOWN PLANNING REGULATIONS 1967 AND THE ASSOCIATED MODEL SCHEME TEXT. Whilst regulations can be extremely dry reading, this 150 page document marks a […]
WE ALL KNOW THAT HOUSING IS BIG BUSINESS, BUT THE FIGURES REALLY DO MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN. THE ABS THIS WEEK RELEASED THEIR HOUSING FINANCE COMMITMENTS DATA WHICH SHOWS THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OUTSTANDING ON LOANS TO BANKS FOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING IN AUSTRALIA REACHING A STAGGERING $840,955 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER WITH INVESTMENT HOUSING […]
WITH SUMMER ONLY A MONTH AWAY, MANY PEOPLE ARE PREPARING THEIR GARDENS FOR OUR LONG HOT DRY PERIOD. WATER IS NO LONGER BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED, WITH INCREASING RECOGNITION THAT OUR RAINFALL PATTERNS ARE CHANGING AND WATER AVAILABILITY IS TIGHTENING. Since 2001, Perth’s average water use per person has decreased by almost 30 per cent […]