September 3, 2010

Investors are the only source of growth in property market

INVESTORS are the only source of growth in the housing market, and rising stocks of unsold houses suggest the outlook for house prices is souring. The level of demand for housing by owner-occupiers remains weak, with the number of new mortgages taken out in May dropping by 0.7 per cent and now 26.9 per cent below the peak reached last September

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Homes to be demolished for transport plan

SHATTERED residents are left to guess if their homes will be seized under a $12 billion transport plan.

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Homes to be demolished for transport plan

High Property Prices are beginning to affect Demand

Melbourne property Market was showing a lot of strength early in the 2010.  It was clear that this was not going to be just another year.  Rates were at all-time low levels and would-be buyers were back in the market in force, swamping open-for-inspections and snapping up all the properties coming up on to the market. Back then, media reported that home buyers and investors were queuing up just to get in to see the homes for sale, with many properties being seen by dozens of people during the inspections

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Big volcanic eruptions in Guatemala, Ecuador

Explosive eruptions shook two huge volcanos in Central and South America on Friday, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and disrupting air traffic as ash drifted over wide …

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Bulli flood threat: evacuated residents given all clear

Bulli residents evacuated from their homes because of flooding fears have been given the all clear to return home.

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The Hottest Luxury Homes On The Web: Zillow – Huffington Post (blog)

Huffington Post (blog) The Hottest Luxury Homes On The Web: Zillow Huffington Post (blog) … latest listings provided by the folks at the real estate website Zillow. Among the most-searched-for homes on Zillow, many of them are celebrity -owned, ..

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More Millionaires In US After Real Estate Plunge – HULIQ

More Millionaires In US After Real Estate Plunge HULIQ Witness the celebrity real estate sector. Celebs like Sharon Stone and Scarlett Johansson have been forced to sell their homes for considerably less than ..

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Renovator’s delight? Don’t bank on it – Brisbane Times

Brisbane Times Renovator's delight?

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Developers’ rights reinstated over covenants

The Queensland Government is revising legislation designed to ensure property covenants didn’t prevent people from installing energy efficient measures in their homes.

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Go to the top of the class

HOMES close to top-ranking schools are in demand following the Government’s controversial release of national academic results on its My School website.

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