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Project Remediate: building sustainability and trust in construction
25 October 2023
Project Remediate is a NSW Government opt-in program to help owners corporations remediate flammable cladding on eligible residential apartment buildings. The support includes 10-year interest-free loans and comprehensive program management.
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How the federal government is helping first home buyers
23 October 2023
A new report, from Housing Australia, has revealed that about one in three of all first home buyers in the 2022-23 financial year used the federal government’s Housing Guarantee Scheme (HGS) and its three different assistance programs.
Here’s what the typical participant looked like, according to Housing Australia:
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How interest rates have evolved over the last 18 months
25 September 2023
The latest Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) data has shown the impact the RBA's cash rate rises have had on the mortgage market.
The key is to compare average interest rates for all outstanding loans in April 2022 – the month before the first rate rise – and August 2023 – the most recent month for which we h...
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Australians refinance more than $20 billion in loans
21 August 2023
With lots of people coming off fixed rates right now, it’s no surprise that an enormous amount of refinancing is occurring, as borrowers look to switch to lower-rate loans.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data has revealed that borrowers did $20.60 billion of refinancing in August – which was 3.9% lower than...
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Owners Corporation Court of Appeal Building Defects Win!
5 May 2023
Adding Further Building Defects to an Existing Claim
On 17 April 2023, the New South Wales Court of Appeal in the case of Parkview Constructions Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 90018 (Parkview), confirmed that an owners corporation can add new defects to an existing claim if the statutory warranty period in the Home Build...
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