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Enjoy the Long Weekend!

And remember, clocks go forward for most states on Sunday. Making headlines this week, no change to interest rates; and what pocket money looks like in 2025

Thinking about buying property interstate?


Good news — we’ve teamed up with The Savvy Bidders, a network of trusted buyer’s agents right across Australia.

No matter where you’re looking, we can connect you with the right people to make your investment journey easier.

Drop us a message if you’d like to know more — we’re here to help!

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Urgently Required – Cash Buyers Waiting

We have been retained by the following clients to locate suitable real property to satisfy their unique situation if you feel you can assist, please call me on 0477 000 798 or email me buyer@watermanpa.com.au  Matt O’Donoghue 

PROPERTIES WANTED

NOTE: All our purchases are pre-approved ready to go.

INNER NORTH OR INNER EAST OF CBD – Maylands/Magill/Norwood and surrounding areas

I have an investor looking to purchase a 3-4 bedroom, 2 bathroom property.

Looking for good capital growth and yields no less than 4%. Low maintenance

Budget up to $1.5m

 

INGLE FARM AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND/OR MORPHETTVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Client looking to secure a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 living areas preferably  dwelling. Very keen to find a property with a front and back yard as well

Budget  up to $900k

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MILE END/ TORRENSVILLE/ UNDERDALE/ BROMPTON/ BOWDEN/ OVINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Client looking to secure a 3 - 4 bedroom, 1-2 bath stone character dwelling dwelling  with Low maintenance yard.

Budget up to $1.4m

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If you have something that may be of interest, call us today, our client is ready to purchase.

NOTE: All our purchases are pre-approved ready to go.

Matt O’Donoghue

Buyer Agent

0477 000 798

No change, no surprise

It wasn’t what borrowers had hoped for, but the Reserve Bank has opted to leave the official cash rate steady at 3.6 per cent, following last month’s cut.

A recent money.com.au survey found that 37 per cent of Aussie homeowners thought the RBA would deliver a cut at this week’s meeting, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the decision was in fact ‘the outcome that markets and economists were expecting’.

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Apartments topple approvals

Approvals to build new apartments tumbled in August, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The figures show that the total number of homes approved fell 6 per cent in August to 14,744, driven by an 8.1 per cent fall in multi-unit dwellings, following a 25.8 per cent fall in July.

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Inflation hits pocket money

The chores don’t seem to have changed, but research shows that kids are earning three times more pocket money than their parents did.

New data from Westpac has revealed that more than half (55 per cent) of Australian children aged eight to 17 years earn pocket money for doing chores at home, with parents handing over an average of $25 per week ...

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Build bushfire defences now

As the days get warmer and dryer, the possibility of bushfires looms once again in the minds of many Australians. In fact, with changing weather conditions, there is a need for homeowners to have an ongoing fire and storm protection plan operating permanently.

We take a look at some bushfire safety design principles and management solutions that can be easily incorporated into a new home or renovation.

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Eyes up in appreciation

Of all the 830 wonderful bird species that share our land, do you have a favourite? Voting in the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll, held every two years, will begin next Monday, 6 October.

Each day, the five birds with the fewest votes will be knocked out and the count begins again the next day. So if you feel strongly about the powerful owl, the blue wren or any other of our many feathered friends, have your vote and follow the tally count live on the Guardian’s website until the final days of voting, when the count will go dark until the winner is announced on Thursday 16 October. Illustration: Pete Cromer/The Guardian

'Unexpected red': do we need it?

In 2024, Brooklyn-based interior designer Taylor Migliazzo Simon announced her ‘unexpected red’ theory in a TikTok video, and as happens with TikTok, the video received millions of views and the theory became ‘a rule’.

Basically, according to Migliazzo Simon, the theory is that if you add ‘anything that’s red, big or small, to a room where it doesn’t match at all, it automatically looks better’. Whether or not you like to adhere to design rules, there is no doubt that a pop of colour – a cushion, lamp or even just door knobs – will add interest to a room.