Block where luxury meets affordability and need
It’s the brave new world of affordable housing – a luxury apartment block where some people are forking out up to $2.4 million for units and others are paying just…
buying and selling
Off-the-plan purchases back on the shopping list
Off -the-plan apartment purchases are very much back in favour with investors, writes Sue Williams in Prestige Domain magazine. And NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler’s efforts to clean up the…
City that fell asleep wakes up to new possibilities
Our cities effectively closed for business during Covid, but now they’ve had a shake-up and a wake-up and they are good to go, writes Sue Williams for Domain. Friday afternoon…
Few positives to negative gearing for first-timers
For all the talk of housing affordability at the recent election there was one obvious subject that barely rated a mention. But now that the dust has settled on the…
EV charging: Hard facts and soft options
Back in April we looked at issues around electric vehicle (EV) charging in strata buildings and the resistance to it. A couple of weeks ago almost 500 people logged in…
Podcast: Positive property plan and negative gearing
The first thing that happens after a new government is elected is that the Prime Minister and the party divvy up the ministries. The next thing after that is that…
Podcast: Property battle on for young and old
This week on the Flat Chat Wrap, as we approach the election, we are looking again at the various parties housing policies and wonder what they really mean. We recorded…
Don’t let the sun go down on your off-the-plan unit
Back in the bad old days, in an overheated market, developers could deliberately delay completion of a unit block, return your deposit then re-sell your unit at a higher price.…