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Owning a House in Australia

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How many of you are dreaming of having a house and land package in Australia? Probably most of you are aspiring to buy your own house and start your new life [...]

The Good Side and Bad Side to Lawyers’ Contingency Fees

Perhaps my most fascinating lawsuit in the area of medical malpractice involved a stunning British woman who claimed that her cosmetic surgeon had botched her breast augmentation procedure, resulting in uneven results. There were some color images that showed the damage to the woman’s breasts, but they really did not fully show the extent of the [...]

Another High Street Armadale Site Sells, Apartments Planned

ARMADALE’s next major mixed use project looks likely to rise from the site of a rundown collection of buildings between 1196 – 1200 High Street. A local private investor and developer paid $5.525 million for the 706 square metre site, which is expected will make way for an apartment building with ground floor retail, and maybe some upper level offices. Property developer and the former owner of Malvern’s Giorgio’s restaurant, George Saade, bid at the auction according to sources. [...]

Buying Property

Buying properties can be a very complicated legal issue within the state Victoria. Real Estate 1 has agents that are qualified to represent clients whether they are buying or selling real estate properties and negotiate the best possible prices to complete the deal. When customers are looking at buying properties, our agents are qualified to research [...]

How I Lost 18 Pounds in 2 Days; Diet & Exercise Had Nothing to Do With it

“How I lost 18 pounds in 2 days and 40 pounds after 4 emotional shifts – diet and exercise had nothing to do with it.”

Competition windsurfing at the Olympic level requires 4-6 hours of training six days a week. This became the norm for me from 1990-1999. Ever since I remember I have always been active. [...]

Wallan Development Site Sells For $14 Million

A MAJOR residential development site near central Wallan has sold to Sydney-based property group, Oracle Estates, for a speculated $14 million. The 40.3 hectare former farm extends from the north-west corner of Rowes and Taylors lanes, through to a new housing estate which is also accessed by Taylors Lane, and the Northern Highway. The property is about two kilometres from the Hume Freeway, a proposed major retail centre and the Wallan train station. [...]

The Wyndham Vale Suburb

A few kilometres south west of the central business district is Wyndham Vale, a suburb of Melbourne that is beginning to attract a lot of attention these days. With real estate prices being reduced and a lot of development that is taking place Wyndham Vale is among the various nearby suburbs of Melbourne that have experienced [...]

Chapel Street’s Conways Building Sells for $12.8 Million

CHAPEL Street’s historic Conways Building sold at auction on Thursday for $12.8 million. On a 1000 square metre site, the 2372 square metre Prahran building is configured as four ground floor retail shops, and ten upper floor commercial studios. On a fully let basis, the property could rent for $775,000 per annum, meaning the asset sold on a 6 per cent market yield. [...]

Australian Property – Guide to Buying Property in Australia

The Australian Property Market

When it comes to nations in the world that are experiencing a thriving real estate market, Australia is towards the top of the list. Indeed, over the course of the past decade, the real estate market in many locations around Australia has been booming.

Major Australian cities naturally are experiencing the biggest growth in [...]

Zig Inge Outmuscles Developers For Prime South Yarra Office

FUND manager and developer Zig Inge Group is believed to have paid close to $18 million for a rundown but spectacularly located office investment at 199 Toorak Road in South Yarra. The blue, glass, four-level building with ground floor shops is at the north-east corner of Claremont Street and will be renovated, and slotted into Zig Inge Group’s Core Plus Portfolio. Zig Inge, which built its business developing retirement villages, outmuscled several high-rise residential developers for the 199 Toorak Road site, which measures 1689 square metres. An adjoining site at 2 – 4 Claremont Street, measuring 908 metres was listed for sale with 199 Toorak Road, but after failing to attract interest as a whole – was sold separately after auction for a speculated $6.5 million. [...]