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Flats more affordable as house prices soar

  • 11/05/2021
  • Author Jimmy-T

With apartment prices recovering slowly in Sydney – while house prices are soaring to record levels – and with unit rents tumbling in Melbourne at twice the rate of rent…

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    Why apartments are more sustainable than houses

    • 04/05/2021
    • Author Jimmy-T

    A week or so ago I wrote a piece about recycling food scraps in which I repeated the theory that apartment blocks are less sustainable than standalone houses. You can…

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      Rents drop dramatically as apartment vacancies soar

      • 06/04/2021
      • Author Jimmy-T

      There’s more bad news for apartment investors – which means good news for renters – as rents plummet and availability of units soars in Sydney and Melbourne. This is in…

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