GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION PROCESSES, INCLUDING THE ADVERTISING OF DRAFT POLICIES AND LEGISLATION, ARE A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY OF IDENTIFYING THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PROPOSED CHANGES. UDIA HAS COMPLETED NEARLY TWENTY SUBMISSIONS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON A RANGE OF MATTERS INCLUDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE R-CODES, DRAINAGE SPECIFICATIONS, ATCGO GAS ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS […]
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS ARE ALREADY A DISTANT MEMORY FOR SOME, BUT FOR THOSE LOOKING TO CHANGE WHERE THEY LIVE, THE PROCESS MAY BE JUST STARTING. A SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF THOSE LOOKING TO MOVE IN 2015 ARE SEEKING TO DOWNSIZE IN A TREND WHICH IS GAINING MOMENTUM AROUND AUSTRALIA. Research released in 2014 by Australian Housing […]
DENSITY IS ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS AT THE MOMENT, FROM THE EMERGENCE OF SMALL LOTS TO THE GROWTH IN THE APARTMENT SECTOR. WE HEAR CONSTANTLY ABOUT THE “SPRAWL IN PERTH”, BUT HOW DOES OUR DENSITY REALLY COMPARE WITH OTHER STATES? Late last year the ABS released their first population grid, which maps resident population […]
TODAY’S YOUNG WEALTH CREATORS ARE THE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS, BIOLOGISTS, PHYSICISTS, ANIMATORS, APP DESIGNERS AND THE MYRIAD OF OTHER PROFESSIONALS THAT THRIVE ON TRANSLATING IDEAS INTO OUTCOMES. CITIES THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REVERSED THEIR MAGNETIC POLARITY HAVE SELDOM DONE SO BY ACCIDENT, CHOOSING TO REFASHION AND SCULPT THEIR CITY INTO A PHYSICAL PLACE THAT IS HOST TO […]
THE FEDERAL MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS RECENTLY RELEASED A POLICY PAPER ON THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. IN SIMPLE TERMS IT LOOKS AT HOW NEW DEVELOPMENTS WILL RECEIVE BROADBAND (INTERNET) SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE DRAFT POLICY PAPER IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE RECENT VERTIGAN REVIEW’ “NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK MARKET […]
WHEN ASSESSING THE NEW RESIDENTIAL LAND PROPERTY MARKET WE LOOK AT MANY FACTORS BUT IN GENERAL THERE ARE THREE BROAD CATEGORIES OF PROPERTY DATA THAT WE USE TO CREATE A SNAPSHOT. When assessing the new residential land property market we look at many factors but in general there are three broad categories of property data […]
CONGESTION CHARGING HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF COVERAGE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND IT IS WORTHWHILE HAVING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ISSUES. Congestion charging is used in urban areas around the world to flatten peak traffic loads. This means charging people a fee to use the road infrastructure at set times to […]
THE REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK AND MADE SOME SENSIBLE OBSERVATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE CURRENT INEFFICIENT PROCESS OF DATA COLLECTION AND TRACKING OF BOTH THE VOLUME AND IMPACT OF OVERSEAS FOREIGN INVESTORS ON THE PROPERTY MARKET. WHILST THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD (FIRB) RELEASES DATA, […]
THE RECENT UDIA MARKET PREDICTIONS LUNCHEON GAVE SOME GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE VIEWS OF INDUSTRY ON WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE MARKET IN 2015. WITH 550 INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ROOM, THE EXPERT PANEL DECIDED TO PUT THEM TO WORK BY UNDERTAKING A POLL. IT WAS A PRETTY SIMPLE POLL; STAND UP IF YOU AGREE, […]