Blog Category: Information
2015 IPSWICH PROPERTY INVESTMENT : PRICES UP, IPSWICH REAL ESTATE MARKET HOTTEST IN QLD Posted on the 17th June 2015
Another useful snippet from Ipswich Granny Flats, your local Granny Flat Expert.
The median house price for Ipswich has just hit 320,000 – a 6.7% jump, whilst Brisbane experienced a 3.4% increase.
Ipswich has topped the state in house price growth during this past quarter. And demand for land has seen a huge increase with Ipswich City Council approving more than 560 residential lots in the past 3 weeks.
The following is an excerpt...Read More
Next Door Divorcees: Out-of-love Couples Can’t Afford to Move Posted on the 15th June 2015
http://www.perthnow.com.au/
Annabel Hennessey
17 May 2015
PERTH’S property market is so unaffordable divorced couples are choosing to continue living together rather than selling their homes.
Despite a softening in the rental market, a growing number of couples who have called it quits are sticking together because of tough economic conditions.
As the divorce capital of Australia, WA’s high rate of marriage breakdowns has seen the construction industry get an unexpected boost.
House Prices Ignite Boom in Granny Flats across NSW Posted on the 12th June 2015
Ipswich Granny Flats, your Granny Flat experts have brought to you a copy of the action happening in NSW :
news.com.au
28 April 2015
The humble granny flat has come a long way from its days as a quick garage or shed conversion. These days it’s not uncommon to find granny flats so lavishly built they could pass as a standard home.
In the last five years, their popularity has skyrocketed as...Read More
Home Loan Demand Reaches 6yr High Posted on the 11th June 2015
Ipswich Granny Flats, the granny flat experts bring you another interesting snippet – this time about the demand for home loans reaching a 6 year high …
Home loan demand reaches 6yr high
15 May 2015
Terry Ryder
Hotspotting.com.au
Loans to home-buyers have hit their highest level since September 2009. The ABS says there were 54,686 mortgage commitments in March, up 5.1% in annual terms.
Without Affordable Housing, We Won’t Have a Society Worth Living in Posted on the 10th June 2015
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/
Peter Walters – Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Queensland
2 June 2015
Home ownership, the Australian Dream, is becoming a fading hope for those without an existing foothold in the market. For increasing numbers of younger Australians, the dream will give way to a future as tenants. This will have far-reaching negative impacts on how people live together in both the inner city and the suburbs unless housing, planning and investment...Read More
When is a House a Home? Posted on the 8th June 2015
Advisers need to be aware of the meaning of the ‘family home’ under the Social Security Act and the various uses it can be put to.
http://www.ifa.com.au/
Mark Teale – Centrepoint Alliance
20 April 2015
There has been much commentary in the media recently that the value of a person’s family home should be taken into account when applying for the Government age pension.
Currently the family home, even if it is worth millions,...Read More