
Harcourts Conference Highly Commended at Australian Event Awards
Real estate group, Harcourts was honoured with a Highly Commended mention in the category of Best Achievement in Entertainment for the Harcourts Conference Launch 2010 yesterday as the Australian Event Awards 2010 finalists were announced.

Upper Hunter calf cradle
This 5483-hectare (13,550-acre) property, which straddles the Great Dividing Range near Cassilis, is the home of Castlebar Holdings, the cattle-breeding powerhouse built up over 20 years by Sydney businessman, Tony Maurici.

Success at Harcourts VIC Industry Night
Doubling as a recruitment drive for Harcourts, many fantastic career opportunities with the company were discussed with those in attendance. Harcourts Victoria Chief Executive Officer, Brent Pullar was pleased to see so many potential new recruits at the event.
Dramatic fall in interstate migration hits home prices
Dramatic fall in interstate migration hits home prices
Housing trust crisis
A new report reveals an almost-30 per cent rise in SA people urgently needing Housing Trust homes. independentweekly.com.au

Rich palates prosper on the Apple Isle
Mainland merchant bankers, entrepreneurs and solicitors feature among the financiers of ventures that cater for deep-pocketed patrons with expectations of a wholesome food and wine travel experience.
Top 10 property hotspots
Terry Ryder, of hotspotting.com.au, has released his annual list of WA’s top “hotspots” – suburbs and towns where there is potential for good capital growth or better-than-average rental yields.

Good debt bad debt
Is there a difference between good and bad debt? Debt is debt isn’t it? Some might say that any debt is bad debt, especially our grandparents and great grandparents who preferred to save up for what they wanted rather than borrow. Their thinking being if you can’t afford it, don’t buy it. How times [...]
Auction Results
Melbourne Auction Results REIV
Saturday August 14th 2010 This week: 519 Last Weekend: 507 This time last year: 493 S Sold at Auction: 305 SB Sold before Auction: 47 SA Sold after Auction: 2 Passed in: 165 Passed in on vendor’s bid: 93 Clearance rate: 68% Postponed: 2 Withdrawn: 2 Auctions with no result: 74 PS Private Sales: 543 [...]
News
Retirement villages offer gains
Retirement housing is being overlooked as a property investment strategy, according to property educator Jennie Brown.
Coalition costings: The inexcusable, the inexplicable…
The Coalition made four kinds of mistakes in its costings according to the Treasury; the understandable, the inexcusable, the inexplicable, and those resulting from a failure to comprehend the nature …
Hung Parliament, the RBA and the NBN: This Week’s Picks
This week we check out how the hung Parliament has impacted the property market, whether there’s a house price bubble according to US markets and a blog post from Aussie’s …
Brokers call for coalition government
Jessica Darnbrough More than 80 per cent of brokers believe the Coalition would be a better government choice for the mortgage industry. According to The Adviser ’s latest weekly straw …





