Warwick Property | Real Estate News for Warwick, Australia

Nothing square about these pods

THINKING outside the box has created an innovative room-in-a-box concept set to revolutionise the building industry.

Housing worries weigh heavy

EIGHT out of ten Australians are worried about a lack of infrastructure and affordable housing given the growing and ageing population, new research shows.

Property buyers waiting for spring

WE'RE only halfway through the winter, but at the top end of the country's housing markets, sellers are waiting for the spring.

Rates rises worry households

HALF of Australian households are worried interest rates will rise but only one in five expect their debt levels to increase in coming months.

Housing finance up 1.9% in May: ABS

THE number of home loans for owner occupied housing rose for the first time in eight months in May, official figures show.

RBA keeps interest rates unchanged

THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left the cash rate unchanged at 4.5 per cent for a second consecutive month.

First home buyer affordability worsens

HOUSING affordability has worsened during the past year, with first-home buyers needing to save 10 per cent more for a deposit, a report shows.

Building approvals hits 7-month low

BUILDING approvals have slumped to a seven-month low in May as interest rate crimp demand for dwellings, economists say.

Aussies suffer mortgage distress

AN Australian family suffering from mortgage stress is living on rice to avoid losing their home, a researcher says.

Home building surges in early 2010

BUILDERS started work on a total 42,399 new homes in the three months to the end of March, the biggest quarterly number in nearly six years, new data shows.