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Property Prices

there are ways to get children onto the property ladder
Mozo.com.au 23/02/2012 1:46:22 AM
Australia has some of the highest house prices in the world and it is increasingly difficult for youngsters to get on to the property ladder. Despite the fact that Australian Bureau of Statistics figures highlighted a 2.3 per cent month-on-month rise ...
Land prices in Munster jump ahead of the national average
The Kerryman 22/02/2012 8:45:07 PM
The dramatic rise in counties Kerry, Cork, Tipperary and Limerick surpasses the national average increase of 14.7 per cent, according to a newly published national survey carried out by property consultants, Knight Frank Ireland. The average price paid ...
Australia's pricey prices
Yahoo!7 News 22/02/2012 6:42:08 PM
“In real terms it costs about the same to build a house nowadays that it cost twenty or 30 years ago, so all the house price inflation really comes from the land component. In a country the size of Australia, land should never be that expensive," ...
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Property Activity

Court says police cannot be sued over warrant
Newsday 23/02/2012 2:46:02 AM
The high court threw out the lawsuit against Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Curt Messerschmidt and other police officials, who were being sued personally by Augusta Millender for the search on her house and confiscation of her shotgun.
China manufacturing activity weakens: HSBC
Ninemsn 22/02/2012 2:31:22 PM
China's manufacturing activity continued to contract in February as export orders weakened, HSBC said on Wednesday, in a further sign the eurozone crisis and US weakness are hurting demand. HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers index rose to 49.7, ...China 'manufacturing activity weakens'Sky News AustraliaExports shrink as China feels pinchSydney Morning Herald
Couple hope to sell home for $1 million in Queensland mining town of Capella
NEWS.com.au 22/02/2012 9:39:24 AM
But with a mining boom all around them, Steve and Ruth Franettovich believe it's not a question of if, but when, their dream home changes hands. Two years ago, the couple decided the time was right to sell as economic activity in the area began to pick ...
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Property Development

Developer told 'don't disturb the bats'
Gold Coast Bulletin News 23/02/2012 2:27:43 AM
But it will now take at least six days after the Department of Environment and Resource Management told Mr Balson he could only work between noon and 4pm because a colony of bats roosting in trees at the back of the property needed adequate time to ...
Development ban may be lifted at Riverstone
Blacktown Sun 22/02/2012 12:05:48 PM
BY NICK SOON PROPERTY owners at Riverstone have welcomed a draft state regulation that will allow them to develop their land. They have not be able to develop their properties for more than 15 years because they are classified as scheduled lands ...
Trust being rebuilt
Sydney Morning Herald 22/02/2012 9:32:52 AM
Photo: Nicolas Walker They also went into riskier activities such as property development and funds management. After some of the trusts had near-death experiences, they went back to basics - reduced debt, raised new equity and jettisoned many of their ...
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Real Estate

Top biological real estate of Far North threatened
The Cairns Post 23/02/2012 4:31:01 AM
"We're sitting right in the middle of the biologically most important real estate in Australia," Prof Laurance said. "Because there's been a lot of environmental change here, it's not surprising that we have many of the top 10 right in our backyard.
Faber: US Real Estate is Inexpensive
Yahoo!7 News 23/02/2012 4:11:16 AM
Former Shell Oil CEO John Hofmeister explains why the national average for gas will reach $5 a gallon and sounds off on governments' inability to reach out to OPEC to solve the problem. API CEO Jack Gerard on whether the administration's policies are ...
Nobody does it better than Paul
My Daily News 23/02/2012 4:06:54 AM
LJ HOOKER Kingscliff principal Paul McMahon has joined an elite group of men and women who have served the 84-year-old real estate giant continuously for more than 21 years. Mr McMahon and other inductees into Hooker's 21 Club spent Australia Day as ...
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Property Values

Thames Pastoral signs contract on Tanumbirini
Beef Central 22/02/2012 8:13:28 PM
As the first major sale for a number of years, the sale will serve as a barometer that will influence and possible even "reset" local property values. With a new round of three-yearly property valuations due to be conducted by the NT Government this ...
HAVE YOUR SAY: Blight on Bentleigh streets
Moorabbin Glen Eira Leader 22/02/2012 7:36:21 AM
A high front fence hides much of the collection, but the neighbours are worried about vermin, fire risks and their property values. Glen Eira Residents' Association president Don Dunstan said it was time the council prosecuted the owners.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Blight on Bentleigh streets
Moorabbin Kingston Leader 22/02/2012 4:04:18 AM
A high front fence hides much of the collection, but the neighbours are worried about vermin, fire risks and their property values. Glen Eira Residents' Association president Don Dunstan said it was time the council prosecuted the owners.
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Property Investment

MILLIONAIRE BUYING UP DYSART
Central Queensland news 22/02/2012 10:30:57 AM
According to Your Property Investment records, a five-bedroom, two-bathroom home at 6 Brennan St was sold for $700000 on December 5, 2011, and rented last month for $2400 per week. Mr Pearce said investors were enticed by the expected high rental ...
Trust being rebuilt
Sydney Morning Herald 22/02/2012 9:32:52 AM
The managing director of Property Investment Research, Dinesh Pillutla, says the sector has returned to its past of consistent returns and lower gearing and adds: ''If the world can muddle through the present circumstances, we expect property to ...
Nest-egg house dream demolished
Herald Sun 20/02/2012 10:13:38 PM
ABIR Taha thought property investment would guarantee her family's future but her dream has turned sour. But after an 18-month nightmare that started when a demolition company allegedly turned up to the wrong address and destroyed her Broadmeadows ...
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