Homeowners could yet face a pre-Christmas interest rate rise from commercial banks, after evidence they are in their strongest market position for nearly a decade.
While the funding squeeze on wholesale money markets has forced non-bank lenders to lift their prices, banks, with their large deposit bases, have been keeping prices low in an attempt to [...]
Maybe you are among the many Australians who still welcome the New Year with resolutions to improve their lives.
But are you one of the still fewer people who actually manage to keep their resolutions?
Why are New Year’s resolutions so easy to make and so very difficult – for most of us – to keep? [...]
Your home is your Christmas holiday oasis and decorating it can be overwhelming. By the time you find the right style, budget and energy to start and finish the project, stores are decorated for Valentine’s Day.
This season, don’t let holiday decorating get you down. Follow these basic tips from Marquette Turner to make decorating a [...]
Entertaining friends and family during the festive season is a lot of work.
Aside from the planning that goes into a festive event, post-party cleanup can be a full-time job. If you feel the holiday tension, you aren’t alone: Nearly half of Australians report experiencing stress during the holidays, according to a Gallup survey.
Help keep your [...]
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is devoted to rebuilding families’ homes when the family is in need of new hope. The family will then be sent off on a one-week vacation while the house is renovated or demolished, depending on its condition and the family’s needs. (One episode in season three did not include a vacation [...]
A cartel is a coalition of political or special-interest groups having a common cause, as to encourage the passage of a certain law.
In Australian real estate the cartel is indeed alive and well. I posed the question in part one – “how has this situation been allowed to happen”?
The answer to the overarching problem [...]
It took 18 days for former Prime Minister John Howard to finally concede defeat in the seat of Bennelong and he congratulated Labor’s Maxine McKew.
“The Labor Party won the seat fairly and squarely. This is a wonderful exercise in democracy” Howard told a packed gathering in Chatswood.
Mr Howard had held the Bennelong electorate since 1974 [...]
It’s the year 2015 and Sydney’s tolls have spiraled out of control to the point where just crossing the Harbour Bridge costs $15.
A satrical look at a serious problem
The Cross City Tunnel is now a café and restaurant boulevard and the Manly Tunnel costs $25 each way. There are now two bus lanes on all [...]
Marquette Turner is extremely excited to launch “Home-Page”, a service allowing EVERY SINGLE property listing to have it’s very own website.Managing Director Michael Marquette said yesterday that “in keeping with our philosophy of providing an individual and personalised experience at all times, and with our constant pursuance of improving the technology with which our business [...]
THE HARD FACTS
More than a third of a family’s income goes to mortgage (In NSW it is 38%)
Affordability has dropped in every state except Tasmania
NSW is the most expensive state, ACT has the least affordability
In Sydney, with almost 40% of the household income going towards housing it is little wonder that there is [...]
Yes this is good Resort-Style Living in Luxury Oceanfront Condos 
I've never seen anything like these design before, it's very illuminating .
Mike 
That looks really great! This can be used no only as wardrobe furniture but also a good interior design ...
A cool experimental house, resulted from the collaboration ... This cyclindrical design is a modular protype that provides flexible 
Thanks for the hint, I was looking for sth. like that for months :-)
A. Jeffry Harrel is a really popular architect in Naples, Florida and he done a lot of structural design that ...
Looks like a Cookie ala mode.
This is one of my daughter's favorite places. 
This is so amazing. Really so luxurious. Never seen such finishing and perfect furnishings before. Thanks for sharing. 
There will be a generational exodus from the big cities to more affordable regional centres but I don’t expect real ...
