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With the first few weeks in 2012 in the history book, some of us may have already fallen back into bad habits or the email hamster routine that allows for little else other than tactical management of the next email … Continue reading →

I used to have this great line that I would trot out at conferences. This was back when I was an industry analyst for Jupiter Research (now a part of Forrester). I would give the forecasts for spending in various … Continue reading →

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Fairfax Media has signed a joint-venture deal with rival publisher Antony Catalano that will merge his real estate-focused The Weekly Review with Fairfax’s stable of publications. Mr Catalano, a former Fairfax marketing director, left The Age and established Metro Media … Continue reading →

Rural property listing site Farmbuy.com is now selling rural properties from Elders Real Estate. Farmbuy.com is Australia’s largest dedicated rural property listing site, with more than 13,000 rural and lifestyle properties listed and more than 50,000 visits every month. Elders … Continue reading →

Foreign investors have spent a record $12 billion buying up Australian farmland and agricultural businesses over the past year, but have put off investing a further $14 billion until the outcome of a Senate inquiry in March 2012, a new … Continue reading →

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced plans to seek tenders for a new inner city development at the old Supreme and District Court site on George Street. The Government plans to offer the building to the market for uses such … Continue reading →

The Residential Development Council (RDC) said the Australian Government’s National Housing Supply Council – State of Supply Report 2011 confirms what the industry has long known — that there is an ever-widening gap between the demand for homes and the … Continue reading →

Sydney’s Point Piper has claimed the crown as Australia’s most expensive locale for house and unit prices, according to the latest RP Data-Rismark Home Value Index. The index also found Brewarrina in NSW to have the most affordable houses, while … Continue reading →