Blog Archive
Housing Market Recovery Picks Up
. . . . . While much has been made of Australia's $7 trillion housing market bottoming out in 2019, strong auction results, improving access to finance and interest rate cuts has prompted forecasts that the trough may be brought forward.......
Home Buyers in Driver's Seat in Current Housing Markets
. . . . Lower housing values are becoming increasingly attractive to first home and prospective buyers previously priced out of the market.......
First Home Buyer Market Primed for Growth
. . . . Nationally, first home buyer activity declined 5.8 per cent over the 12 months to December 2018, while softening markets New South Wales and Victoria saw first home buyer activity increase by 2.......
RBA cuts interest rate to record low of 1 per cent
. . . The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate for the second month in a row to a fresh record low of 1 per cent as it desperately tries to pump some juice into Australia's stalling economy.......
Home Mortgage Arrears Rising, RBA says
. . . . . The number of homeowner's behind on mortgages have climbed back to 2010 levels, although the Reserve Bank says this does not pose a risk to the financial system.......
Queensland Plans New Underwater Hotel
. . . An eco-tourism experience will see visitors sleep three metres beneath the ocean's surface in a new sustainable "floating" hotel planned for the Great Barrier Reef.......
Queensland Leads the Nation for Interstate Migration
. . . . Queensland Leads the Nation for Interstate Migration with - accidental millionaires - first home buyers - and economic refugees flocking north Queensland is the most popular state for interstate migration, overtaking Victoria for the top spot.......
$15 Billion in infrastructure projects for the Gold Coast.
. . . . The following $13.2 billion infrastructure projects have been identified as being of significance to the Gold Coast.......
The $5.4 Billion Cross River Rail Now Under Construction
. . . . Construction is under way on the Queensland Labour Government's $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project posed to transform the South-East Queensland transport network.......