1. Million dollar sale signals return to form for Beecroft property
The sale of a $1.51million fully restored federation home in Malton Road Beecroft is yet another strong indicator the Beecroft housing market is a jewel in Sydney's Northern Districts according to Angus Raine, CEO of Raine & Horne.
2. First Home Owners Grant Drives Charmhaven property sales up 10 per cent
Lower interest rates and the generous increase in the First Home Owners Grant (FHOG) have generated a 10 per cent jump in Charmhaven home sales since September according to a leading real estate expert.
3. New Raine & Horne Fairfield office set to drive local market
Australia's leading property network, Raine & Horne, has launched a new office in Fairfield, owned and operated by Carlo Mattiuzzo
4. Wentworthville a leading first home owner property market, says Government report
The Wentworthville region has attracted the third-largest slice of first home benefits paid to NSW postcodes since 2000, according to data supplied by the Office of State Revenue (OSR)*. Only Liverpool and Campbelltown have attracted more government support.
5. Lower interest rates and government grants is set to drive green change property markets in NSW
Raine & Horne CEO Angus Raine says a combination of lower interest rates and free falling share markets is set to be excellent news for NSW's rural real estate in 2009.
6. Raine & Horne increase support for country pro-am series
Leading Australian property group Raine & Horne will boost its financial support for the Raine & Horne Country Pro-Am circuit by 75 per cent in 2009.
7. Lower interest rates and government grant boosts Glebe property market
Raine & Horne CEO Angus Raine says a combination of tight supply, free falling share markets, a beefed up First Home Owners Grant (FHOG) and lower interest rates have proven to be excellent news for the Glebe property market in 2009.
8. Beach Property Hits Market
A prime seaside commercial property in Wollongong will go on the international market today.
9. Tough time ahead
THE latest interest rate rise could be bad news for renters in the already crowded Queanbeyan market.
10. Renters turn to Canberra
QUEANBEYAN'S housing market may be forcing Queanbeyan residents to move into Canberra.
11. Bargain hunters grab Sydney homes priced below $250,000
"Sydney may be Australia's most expensive address, but canny buyers can still pick up bargain properties priced below $250,000", says Angus Raine, CEO of the Raine & Horne Property group.
12. Five-star V beach house
Raine & Horne Palm Beach executive leasing consultant Jayne Nancarrow said bookings were strong with holidaymakers flying in from Singapore, Dubai, Japan, Switzerland and South Africa.
13. Tanks add value as well as water
ADDING water-saving features to your home could also add value to your property, a Sydney real estate leader has predicted.
14. Raine & Horne Milton opens
Raine & Horne Mollymook have opened a new office at Milton.
15. Ferry nice lifestyles
Before Sydney's bridges were built, the city's ferry wharves were as prevelant and busy as bus stops. These days, the much-loved craft are facing dramatic changes with the threat of privatisation putting some routes at risk of reduced services.
16. Joshua Kersten of Raine & Horne Wollongong named Young Business Person of the Year
The results of the Integral Energy Illawarra Business Awards have been tallied and 30 year old Joshua Kersten, Raine & Horne Wollongong, is the IMB Banking & Financial Services Young Business Person of the Year for 2007.
17. Sydney real estate's $1m first home benchmark
RECORD numbers of people being given the $7000 First Home Owner Grant are buying million-dollar-plus properties.
18. Sales Wrap
A family based in Bondi Junction with interests in hotels and shopping centres purchased a medical centre at 282 George Street, Windsor, in Sydney at auction yesterday for $2.3 million.
19. Southern Comfort Burradoo
Sydney solicitor Terry Oates and wife Rhonda built this Hattersley Farm in Burradoo, four kilometres from the town centre of Bowral in the NSW Southern Highlands.
20. Holiday rush carves up Australia's beaches
Holiday makers will have to move quickly to secure a spot on Australia's sand-swept coastline this summer, with beachside rental listings at some estate agencies snapped up as long as six months ago.
21. Millionaires, mansions, on the move
Mansions across the country continue to change hands in a buying spree driven by the booming resources and financial industries.
22. Two goes into one for $4.6 million
A South Coast couple has paid $4.6million for adjoining seaside blocks in Kiama where they intend to build their dream home.
23. Settled rates and rising rents see investors return to property
Research by the Raine & Horne Property Group finds investors account for up to 40 per cent of today's property sales.
24. Budget bounce for Australian property
Leading property expert and Raine & Horne Chairman Max Raine says the 2007/08 Budget will prove a welcome shot in the arm for Australia's improving housing market.
25. Property prices set to jump by twenty per cent
Leading property expert Angus Raine says firmer interest rates are setting the stage for significant rises in property prices.
26. First home buyers embrace new breed of mortgage to sidestep traditional deposit
Raine & Horne Financial Services say tight affordability and an expanding variety of home loans is seeing a growing number of first homebuyers sidestep the traditional 20 per cent deposit.
