September 3, 2010

House prices, holiday homes and Brangelina’s new place: This Week’s Picks

This week we check out some tips for how to get your home up to scratch to get a better sale price, Perth’s property prices and where to can go to find a whole lot of serenity! House prices fall 0.7% in June, first decline in 17 months House prices fall for the first time in a

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City houses cost 18pc more in 2010

HOUSE prices in major capital cities jumped by almost 20 per cent in the past year, according to the latest ABS figures.

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City houses cost 18pc more in 2010

House-price growth hits a wall

HOUSE-PRICE growth has come to a halt, with capital-city residential prices flatlining in the June quarter.

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House prices fall except in Adelaide

HOUSE prices in Australian capital cities fell in June, their first decline in 17 months and their largest monthly fall since April 2008.

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Agents required to disclose the history of the property

Agents are required to disclose the history of the property, even if a murder took place in a house they are selling. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission this month gained power to fine agents up to $1.1 million for misleading their clients. Under the new laws, if properties such as the Glen Iris townhouse where Margaret Wales-King and her husband Paul King were bludgeoned to death or the Mornington home where John Sharpe killed his wife Anna Kemp and daughter Gracie with a speargun were to come on the market, potential buyers would have to be told that murder had occurred in the house.

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Changes to the REIQ Residential Contracts

New versions of the REIQ Contracts for House and Residential Land (7th edition) and Residential Lots in a Community Titles Scheme (3rd edition) were introduced on 1 July 2010. The …

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Changes to the REIQ Residential Contracts

Average home value growth cools in May

HOUSE prices in capital cities recorded their second straight month of single digit growth in May.

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Average home value growth cools in May

Tycoon’s eclectic treasures fetch $12m

It was the swashbuckling Perth tycoon Kerry Stokes who underpinned the often-enthusiastic prices achieved at the weekend’s most high-profile auction: the house contents of the property developer Warren Anderson and …

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Australia experiencing normal property growth – by REIA

Mr David Airey, REIA’s President has criticized comments by GMO’s chief strategist Jeremy Grantham – that Australia is in the midst of an unmistakable housing bubble. According to David Airey Australia experiencing normal property growth for house prices.

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Australia experiencing normal property growth – by REIA

Free world’s biggest family home for sale

A HOUSE touted as the largest single family home ever built under one roof is up for sale.

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Free world’s biggest family home for sale