Many people often ask us where can I “buy community”. Of course, most communities are built by the people who live there – the interactions, relationships over time, history of local events. The features of community that are desirable are connectedness, looking out for each other. Historically community meant some sort of social unit with … » Learn More about Community, ecovillage, cohousing, multiple occupancy
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Regional Skills Relocation The NSW Government has established the Regional Skills Relocation Grant to increase the availability of skilled and experienced workers for businesses setting up in, relocating to, or existing in regional NSW. Grants will be available for businesses operating in NSW regional eligible industries. The funding is available to assist with the relocation … » Learn More about Regional Incentives
Relocation for Jobs Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job (RATTUAJ) is an Australian Government program that assists eligible participants to relocate to take up an offer of full time, ongoing employment. Relocation assistance helps participants accept work outside of their area by removing the financial barriers that can prevent people relocating. A participant can … » Learn More about Regional Incentives
Teachers The Victorian Government is offering teachers a one-off incentive payment of up to $50,000 (pre-tax) to encourage them to apply for hard-to-staff positions. The average incentive offered will be approximately $25,000. This includes additional retention payments of up to $9,000 for three years, plus relocation support. See more here [link]
Check out some good tips on water tanks in an article on our Facebook page as it is very important when designing and managing your property with water tanks. If water is to be used for drinking water, and rainwater in your location may be very delicious, more industrialised water systems were developed for good reasons, … » Learn More about Water Tanks – Keep Healthy
Apartment owners and buyers be warned – APRA tightening on investor lending may be starting to bite. Deposit holders who cannot find sufficient finance are selling on, sometimes walking away from deposits.This will put downward pressure on prices, and eventually impact on developers and their financiers. If you are located in this type of local … » Learn More about Apartment Owners – Check Your Local Area
Over winter this year we will be discussing the financing of properties, traditional banks of course and other usual sources. More importantly we will be looking at your experiences and those of our clients, innovations that are coming in to the market, how to get the best loan, the best financiers for different types and … » Learn More about Financial Property
If the article by Kelly Burke Daily Telegraph is the tip of the iceberg, the number of tragedies in outdoor pools continues this Summer despite all the warnings and information available. Some Councils like Blacktown, Sydney have five officers and inspected 18,000 pools last year, nearby Liverpool only 160 pools. How many with faults? Up … » Learn More about Check Your Pool
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If you are looking to invest or buy apartments you may want to seriously consider the impact of the changes by the major Banks to lending to overseas buyers. Basically changing their criteria for non-resident lending may have impact on any local markets where these types of buyers have been major players.
