Fools rush in...
It seems as though everyone wants to know where the next property ‘hot spot’ is going to be where prices are expected to jump giving buyers a financial windfall in the near future...
"Better shape up"
ASIC tells unsympathetic lenders. In other news this week, Australia’s House of the Year; sustainability awards open; and the colours of mould
Balancing act: House of the Year
A home cantilevered over a sea-side cliff has been named Home of the Year, the highest accolade in the 2024 HIA-CSR Australian Housing Awards, announced this week.
Lenders need to step up, ASIC says
Some home loan lenders have made accessing financial assistance so difficult that more than one in three Australians dropped out of the application process at least once, according to a new ASIC report.
Is pink mould harmful?
With all the rain the eastern states have been having lately, it is not surprising that mould has made an appearance again. Sometimes it is pink, sometimes green or black – is there any difference between the colours?
2024 Sustainability Awards now open
Nominations have opened for the 2024 Sustainability Awards, showcasing building projects, products and companies at the forefront of ecologically sustainable design in Australia.
This year there are 18 categories across Projects, People and Innovation and entries of any size, type or budget have the chance to make the shortlist and win. Visit sustainablebuildingawards.com.au for more details or to enter. Nominations close 26 June, 2024.
Bathe in colour
If there is one room in your house you’d like to improve but don’t know where to start, it’s possibly the bathroom. Yet unless the plumbing’s dodgy or the tiles are intolerable, it is possible to ‘lift’ a dingy bathroom simply by painting it.
Rich listers live here
The world’s richest cities – those with the most millionaires - were named this week, and four are in Australia.
Wealth migration firm Henley and Partners has just released its annual World’s Wealthiest Cities Report, placing New York at the top, followed by the Bay Area (Silicon Valley), Tokyo, Singapore and London.
Sydney jumped to 8th place this year, up from 10th in 2023 - not really surprising, given the prices people are paying for premium property there. Melbourne was ranked 15th, with Perth and Brisbane showing up in 34th and 42nd places, respectively.