. One of Australia's leading and most respected demographers Bernard Salt says a jump in population growth will drive property market gains.......
. The overwhelming enthusiasm for Australian Property Real-Estate by wealthy Asian investors is continuing as they buy up large amounts of free-hold property.......
. The Queensland businessmen building their own privately-funded public airport have a simple message for Sydneysiders debating the need for a second airport ''just get on and do the thing''.......
. According to new research from Bankwest, Australia's demand for medium density housing is now at its highest recorded level. The Bankwest Housing Density Report shows that a record 43.......
. New figures show that rural areas are seeing higher demand and strong price growth in property real-estate prices than growth in Sydney and Melbourne.......
. Over the next 20 years there is expected to be 50 extra skyscrapers and just 7% of the city's land mass will be impacted by this development with 40% of the city remaining devoted to green space.......
. Canada's government has made an abrupt decision that could have repercussions for Australia's residential property market.......
. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Residential property prices in each of Australia's capital cities rose in the December quarter of 2013.......
. According to a recent study by financier Bankwest, Australia's love of medium density housing is running hot.......
. . Minutes from the latest Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting indicate the cash rate will remain unchanged for some time after the board pointed to an extended period of stability in interest rates.......
. Added buyer activity from the southern states, and in particular Sydney and Melbourne, is pushing up prices in the Brisbane Gold Coast real estate market.......
. New research has shown that Australian retirees are more active than their global counterparts when it comes to investment advice for the younger generations.......
. UBS AG (UBSN) Switzerlands biggest bank, is entering Australia's property market to invest as much as AU$10 billion over the next five years.......
. ASF China Property Consortium has been selected as the preferred developer of the Broadwater Marine Project, with designs showing a cruise ship terminal just inside the Seaway near Surfers Paradise.......
. . Australia's economic growth is expected to pick up pace this year thanks to a lower exchange rate and stronger activity in the housing and retail sectors, according to the latest forecasts from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).......
. China's cabinet recently imposed new controls on the nation's shadow-banking industry, targeting off-the-books loans.......
. The Gold Coast economy continues to improve with confidence and cash being injected from all areas of national and international investors.......
. The strongest Australian East Coast Property Market over the next three years is likely to be South-East Queensland as all of the indicators are in place, plus this view is supported by a range of industry figures and property analysts.......
. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, throughout 2013 there were 177,418 residential dwelling approvals, which was the greatest number of approvals since January 2011.......
. A new wave of Generation Y investors is entering the property market and many are using negative gearing as their way to achieve long term goals They are obviously using their brains instead of their hearts (emotions) when buying property.......
. The Reserve Bank of Australia has today kept the cash rate at 2.5%, highlighting which hopefully signals an improved outlook for the Australian and Global economies.......
. The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the home loan market strengthened amid low interest rates in November but with first-home buyer activity falling to 12.3% nationally, the previous low was 12.5% in October.......
. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative US think tank, has once again named Australia as third freest nation in which to do business, putting Australia just behind Hong Kong and Singapore, and above New Zealand and Taiwan in fourth and fifth place.......
. Over the third quarter of 2013 RP Data recorded 69,949 residential property re-sales nationally with 88.......
. A national digital system to formalise property sales, known as PEXA, is being rolled out around the country in 2014 and Queensland is likely to get on board by the end of the year.......
. New Home sales grew by 7.5% in November quarter, according to figures released by the Australian Housing Industry Association (HIA) More than 7000 new dwellings sold during the month, a level not seen since May 2011.......
. Chinese investors have spent approximately Aus$5.3 Billion Dollars on Australian real estate in the financial year 2012/13 And according to the Foreign Investment Review Board, Mainland Chinese investment has escalated by 75% over the past two years.......
. Australian homes remain among the biggest in the world but the average floor size has fallen to an 11-year low. The shift from building bigger homes is a profound one and illustrates how Australia's demographics and lifestyle drivers continue to change.......
. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the latest figures which indicate Australia's population is set to double to 46 million by 2075. Short term projections show Australia's population nearing 26 million by 2020 and 29 million by 2030.......
. Australia's Productivity Commission is putting forward the possibility of lifting the aged pension threshold to 70 years so this is a warning to get serious about saving for retirement.......
. The head of the World Bank says growth in the global economy is proceeding in a positive way but there's still lot of work to be done to make sure it lasts.......
. The Chairman of Herron Todd White Valuer's Gavin Hulcombe recently said that real estate across the Gold Coast and Brisbane markets will continue to recover from the low values and sale numbers of the past half-decade.......
. The annual report on the foreign ownership of land was tabled in State Parliament showing overseas buyers are increasing their stake hold in Queensland Australia.......
. Australia's largest solar farm has been given the go-ahead, the 20-megawatt Royalla solar farm will be built on land beside the Monaro Highway in Tuggeranong, bounded to the west by the Rob Roy Nature Reserve.......
. Queensland Australia seen as low risk to invest in both business and individual options China's population is expected to peak at 1.5 billion by 2030 and decline over the second half of the 21st century to approximately 1.1 billion.......
. Gold Coast Cruise Ships for Surfers Paradise Australia coming soon A majority of Gold Coast City Council have decided to continue with the Broadwater Marine Project.......
. Australia could enjoy agriculture boom or lose it to water poisoning Australia could enjoy an agriculture boom that would carry the economy into the next century as the mining boom recedes, industry heavyweight Donald McGauchie has said.......
. Rival superannuation lobby groups put aside their differences, with the $1.......
. Single women make up 18% of homeowners, compared with 10% of single men Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures showed that across the age groups more women than men own their own home.......
