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New Apartment or Old One Pros and Cons Before You Buy
A new apartment can feel like the safer choice because everything looks clean, modern, and untouched. An older apartment can feel safer for the opposite reason: the building has already lived through years of weather, owners, repairs, and surprises.
Both can be smart buys. Both can also come with costs that are easy to miss at the first inspection. The better choice is rarely about age alone. It is about what you can see, what you can verify, and what may still be waiting
What to check in an off-the-plan 3D render before you pay a deposit
What in a render is usually "indicative only"
Most marketing renders carry a line such as "artist's impression" or "images are indicative only". That wording tells you the developer isn't treating every detail in the picture as part of what you're buying. Here are the areas where the image and the finished home most often part ways.
Solar cloud strata campaign generates $204 million in quotation requests in just 10 days
After demonstrating how strata communities could potentially halve their strata bills, SolarCloud recorded an extraordinary response. In just the first 10 days of promotion, the company submitted more than AU$204 million in quotations.
Based on SolarCloud's quotation modelling, these proposals represent potential combined savings of approximately AU$112.65 million for participating strata communities.
The early response highlights the significant financial pressure facing
Forget finding the next Byron Bay.
If you could have bought a beautiful beachfront home in Byron Bay 30 years ago, when the beaches were quieter, the community was smaller and the lifestyle was the main attraction, wouldn’t you have wanted to?
Mission Beach offers a chance to experience that kind of coastal lifestyle while it still feels like Mission Beach.
Maybe the best time to discover it is before everyone else does.
More Australian seniors choosing retirement living for quality of life and financial confidence
New Keyton research shows retirees can access social connection, a fulfilling
lifestyle and financial certainty at around half the median price of a local home.
More Australians are choosing retirement living as a pathway to a better quality of life
and financial confidence, with new Keyton research showing a home in a connected
community costs around half the price of a house in the same local area.
Why You Need a Valuation for 1 July 2027 CGT Tax Changes in Australia
Property markets move. Businesses change. Records get lost. Owners improve assets, subdivide land, refinance loans, and restructure holdings. By the time a CGT event occurs, the value at July 1, 2027 may be a matter of argument unless it was recorded properly.
That is why the safest approach is simple: identify affected assets early, get advice, and obtain valuations where the numbers matter.
A well-supported valuation before July 1, 2027 may save time, reduce stress, a
Dwelling approvals fall in May
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported on 01.07.26, that the total number of approved dwellings decreased by 1.1 per cent in May, reaching 17,019, according to seasonally adjusted data.
