. . . All future high-rise developments along The Spit will be restricted to a three-storey limit following community backlash against the masterplan.......
. . . Local motorists have been given their first look at the much-anticipated $1 billion M1 upgrade from Varsity Lakes to Tugun.......
. . . The Gold Coast's international education sector could soon be worth $1 billion according to new data revealing growth in the burgeoning industry.......
. . . . . Australia's recent housing market weakness has been attributed to a lack of demand, and not a glut of new supply coming onto the market, says the nation's largest mortgage lender.......
. . . . Twenty years ago about a quarter of Australians 27 per cent rented, but this figure has increased as the number of Australians owning their own home has fallen.......
. . . Property analysis firms SQM Research, Domain and CoreLogic, AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver who was one of the first to tip the big downturn, BIS Oxford Economics, ANZ, and the Reserve Bank of Australia.......
. . . . . While much has been made of Australia's $7 trillion housing market bottoming out in 2019, strong auction results, improving access to finance and interest rate cuts has prompted forecasts that the trough may be brought forward.......
. . . . Lower housing values are becoming increasingly attractive to first home and prospective buyers previously priced out of the market.......
. . . . Nationally, first home buyer activity declined 5.8 per cent over the 12 months to December 2018, while softening markets New South Wales and Victoria saw first home buyer activity increase by 2.......
. . . The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate for the second month in a row to a fresh record low of 1 per cent as it desperately tries to pump some juice into Australia's stalling economy.......
