NEWS: Sign of the Chimes as chic trumps cheap
New look for old Chimes site, Nimbys turn on councils and the Gold Coast tower block with everything (except the right to choose your manager).
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Why buying a home can’t be the only answer
Making it easier for first-timers to buy a home is one possible solution to the housing affordability crisis - but it's not the only answer.
Forum: Homeless after killer mould is ignored
Forum: Killer mould ignored, should owner pay more for expanded flat, illegal tiles damage downstairs ceiling and Flatchatter wants a strata divorce.
NEWS: Nimbys v Newbies as unit prices soar
It's Nimby's versus Newbies as it gets easier for first-time buyers to get a loan while Inner Sydney locals fight apartment block plans.
Noodles-only rule for cheap as chips rental
From a noodles-only rental to the location for Nicole Kidmans's first movie role, all the quirky property news of the week is here.
First Home Buyer scheme ‘adds fuel to the fire’
Finance experts warn that the First Home Buyer Scheme could creat an unsustainable bubble among homes just under the price caps.
From Nimby to maybe as a red light area dies
The plan to build a 40-storey apartment block in the heart of Sydney's former red light area had our Nimby muscles twitching ... but we're coming around.
Why Flat Chat’s strataguru turned to crime
Why has Flat Chat been advertising a crime novel? Look - it's over there on the right. The mystery can finally be revealed.
Forum: Two owners want a lift to their floor
Two owners in a separate building have negotiated strata financial support for a lift that would only go to their floor. Are they having a lend?
Kings Cross apartments plan faces backlash
Holiday Inn owners plan a 40-storey apartment block and major revamp of Kings Cross station - and many locals are not at all happy.
NEWS: Reality bites as apartment plans revealed
NEWS: From high-rise apartments and a public square where a Kings Cross hotel now stands, to high density in the Inner West, Sydney is on the move.
Debt and defect fears over $1bn guarantee
The strata industry has welcomed the billion-dollar plan to guarantee finance for off-the-plan sales, but but questions about defects abd debt are being asked.