Budding home owners are out in force, with the number of first home buyers taking out loans surging to a six-year high. The proportion of first-time buyers in the home loan market has risen to 18.3 per cent. According to CommSec chief economics Craig James, first home...
Eight in 10 home hunters would buy a new apartment over a house and land package, research reveals. Despite recent oversupply fears and the risks of buying units off-the-plan, a realestate.com.au survey of buyers' intentions has found 80 per cent are thinking about purchasing an apartment...
[caption id="attachment_888" align="alignnone" width="300"] View from hilltop home just outside Brisbane.[/caption] Apartments and townhouses will no longer be developed in Brisbane’s suburbs zoned low-density residential. The call to “protect the Brisbane backyard” triumphed, with a vote passed by Brisbane City Council to remove provisions allowing for...