Housing

Free Money – how much can you claim?

14 March 2012

FREE MONEY   Your LOST Superannuation: There is $13 billion waiting to be claimed. email gm@menziesfinancial.com.au or call Geoff on 02 9907 2257 and ask Geoff to find YOUR MONEY… find super money that you haven’t rolled over into your latest super fund. The service is free. Remember, there is $13 billion waiting to be claimed. [...]

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Australia Faces A Housing Affordability ‘Time Bomb’:

16 August 2011

primed by a dysfunctional planning system, a chronic undersupply of homes, and unrealistic expectations from buyers, according to the chief of one of the nation’s largest home builders. Click here to read full article     Related Taxonomy -Real estate news -House prices

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First Homebuyers Get a Lifeline In Victoria

16 August 2011

Buyers looking to purchase new developments will benefit most from the recent state budget, announced by Treasurer John Lenders. Those buying newly constructed properties in regional areas gain an extra $4,000, bringing their total entitlement up to $26,000. An extra $2,000 is available for those buying new developments in metropolitan Melbourne, with up to $20,000 [...]

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New Housing Boom Set To Go Through The Roof

16 August 2011

Bureau of Statistics data for the three months to March showed the number of new housing starts has fallen to 5400, down from 7500 in the same period last year and 11,000 five years ago. However, the housing industry believes this week’s budget will help deliver a long-awaited turnaround. “There will be a boom,” said [...]

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Private Land To Be Seized For Housing

16 August 2011

With Sydney’s population set to grow 40 per cent to 6 million in the next 25 years, the government has decided it needs a metropolitan development authority to buy privately owned land near rail and bus routes for medium- and high-density housing. Legislation for the new authority, believed to be the first of its kind [...]

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Speed Up The Delivery Of Housing Supply

15 August 2011

The Residential Development Council says the assessment was made in the National Housing Supply Council’s recently released second State of Supply Report. “Speeding up the supply pipeline, particularly the first three stages of development, is crucial,” says Caryn Kakas, executive director of the Residential Development Council. “It can no longer be accepted that it takes [...]

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