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No Mortgage Insurance for First Home Buyers? Yes, please!
At the start of the year the Government gave first home buyers a little leg up with the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme. Available to 5000 applicants, this scheme means first home buyers can put down as little as 5% deposit and not pay a cent in mortgage insurance …
The Big Fuss About Tiny Homes
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 10 years, you’ve probably heard about a tiny home. But you may have not really investigated them in detail. They’re just a cute thing on the Internet, right? Well, yes, but for some, they are an excellent way to enter the property market…
New Design Will Change Lives for the Elderly
Remember that old saying respect your elders? Well we should really remember that when we think about housing for the elderly. All too often, senior Australians are placed in aged-care homes where they sometimes don’t get treated too well or they live in retirement villages on the fringes of town…
To Auction or Pre-auction? That is the Question.
But first, you might have another one. What actually is a pre-auction?
Quite simply, it is what it sounds like, you make an offer before the day of the auction…
Your First Home Without Any Savings or a Mortgage. What the…?
Meet a couple of modern-day geniuses. Unlike many other millennials that have giving up on home ownership, this couple have managed to build their first home without borrowing any money from the bank and without any savings…
The Future of Homes and Buildings
Turns out our future homes are a little less Jetson like with robot maids and neon lights – the Aussie homes of the future are likely to be a very open plan structure filled with rocks, plants, recycled building materials and second- hand furnishings…
Affordable Housing Heroes
Imagine spending more than 4 hours a day commuting to work in Sydney. This is an exhausting reality for some people that have been forced out of Sydney due to ever-increasing rent prices…
Locked Down But Not Down and Out
Just as things were starting to get back on track for the property market, lockdown 2.0 happened. Things may be a little bit of a worry for a little while, but overall the market will be okay. Let’s take a look at where we’re at and where we’re headed…
Home Innovations
Truly, is there anything greater than innovation? It’s proof of how far we’ve come as human beings. And how exciting is it when innovation can improve our homes? There’s a lot happening out there, let’s take a look at some interesting home innovations…