1. Beach Property Hits Market
A prime seaside commercial property in Wollongong will go on the international market today.
2. Tough time ahead
THE latest interest rate rise could be bad news for renters in the already crowded Queanbeyan market.
3. Renters turn to Canberra
QUEANBEYAN'S housing market may be forcing Queanbeyan residents to move into Canberra.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Raine & Horne Milton opens
Raine & Horne Mollymook have opened a new office at Milton.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
