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Jamie Durie's garden designs wilt as Gold Coast mortgage fund manager LM Investment Management placed in voluntary administration
A Gold Coast-based mortgage debenture fund that raised money from small investors and lent it on to residential and commercial developments including ... Read More -
Asian governments in transition impact property investment appetite
Chinese and Malaysian investor appetite for Australian residential development sites and off-the-plan apartments is set to rise over 2013 as both coun... Read More -
Melbourne residential property market on the mend? Property Observer navigates the muddling median maze
The weekend release of Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) median house and unit prices for the December 2012 quarter were greeted with a mixture... Read More -
Demographia headlines on supposed 'unaffordable Aussie housing' lies and propaganda: Terry Ryder
ABC’s Media Watch called this week to ask what I thought about media coverage of real estate issues. I said I could tell them if they had a couple of... Read More -
Odds of Australian house prices beating inflation in 2013 'not good': Steve Keen
The likelihood of house prices rising in real terms in 2013 are “not good”, according to the University of Western Sydney’s professor Steve Keen, who ... Read More -
Frank Gehry UTS building unwrapped as Lend Lease wins construction rights
Workon the first Australian building designed by North American architect Frank Gehry nearsafterthe construction giant Lend Lease won the bid to build... Read More -
High-rise accommodation must be done right
High-rise apartment blocks are already a dominant feature of our major capital city skylines. It’s somewhat inevitable that an increased population wi... Read More -
Steve Keen contemplates quitting Australian academia for possible private sector role in London
Australia’s most well-known property bear, the University of Western Sydney's Professor Steve Keen, is set to quit academic life in Australia and... Read More -
Paul Keating suggests Barangaroo's new hotel casino be built over the harbour
Barangaroo'snew hotel and casinoshould be built over the water, the former prime minister Paul Keating has urged. He's suggestedPremier Ba... Read More -
Salt Village luxury market yet to turn
The receivers placed a $2.1 million vendor bid when a luxury contemporary Kingscliff went to weekend auction. It was initially listed in early 2011 w... Read More -
Islay House, the 1860s Woodend relic, sells in Tess Lawrence mortgagee disposal
Islay House, Woodend's most recognised heritage landmark, has been sold by its mortgagee-in-possession, the National Australia Bank on its third ... Read More -
NBN's chief executive Mike Quigley on the move: Title Tattle
Mike Quigley, boss of the federal government's national broadband network, is on the move. Kallista, his Federation-style Mosman house (pictu... Read More -
US doomsday forecaster Jordan Wirsz now prefers to keep Australian housing crash predictions to himself
Eight months ago self-promotional US real estate analyst Jordan Wirsz came to Australia to tell anyone who would pay to listen that Australian house p... Read More -
Predatory mortgage lending widespread, and there is no regulation
The level of sub-prime mortgages in Australia may be far in advance of what was previously assumed and provided for by banks. The story wasbroken on t... Read More -
Property bear Steve Keen to launch $25 per month subscriber-only economics website with Q&A opportunity
Australian property market bear Steve Keen of the University of Western Sydney has taken the decision to monetise some of his views on economics and t... Read More -
Banks 'negligent and reckless' with low-doc loans: Denise Brailey in Senate testimony
Most of the low-doc loans banks provided to borrowers would have been rejected if they had made a "simple phone call to the borrowers”, banking c... Read More -
Coalition's $15 million foreign investment cap for land purchase FIRB review triggers Twitter debate
The prospect of Tony Abbott's Coalition government countenancinga$15 million cap after whichForeign Investment Review Board scrutiny of agricultu... Read More -
Rail line for Queensland’s Gailee Basin mooted, with feasibility study underway
Mining railway lines bring big construction employment and housing requirements with them. There were estimates of 1000 workers required for the rail... Read More -
Julia Gillard rules out scrapping negative gearing tax provisions for property investors
Negative gearing tax breaks for property investors will not be removed, says Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Gillard says her government has ruled out ... Read More -
Australian Agricultural Co buys NT Livingstone Farm with plans to build abattoir
Australia’s biggest pastoralist, Australian Agriculture Co, will spend $13,275,000 on the 600-hectare holding, Livingstone Farm, in the Livingstone Va... Read More
