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Pet-Safe Plants for a Happy Home

Creating a lush, plant-filled space (both inside and out) is a wonderful way to enhance your home. Not only do plants add beauty and calm, but they also help purify the air, attract pollinators, and bring that fresh, grounded feeling we all love here on the Sunshine Coast. But if you’ve got pets, it’s essential…

Measured gains temper landlord optimism

Australia’s housing market continues its steady rise, with national values up 3.3% over the past year. While rental yields remain solid, landlords are urged to take a measured approach amid rising costs, tighter regulations, and softening rent growth. Discover what’s shaping investor returns in 2025.

Growth eases while opportunity widens for patient buyers

Australia’s property market continues to move forward—just not at the same breakneck pace. Cotality’s June 2025 Housing Value Index reveals a welcome cooling, with national dwelling values rising 0.5% in May. Regional differences are growing more pronounced, with Perth leading the way and coastal areas in Queensland and WA still seeing healthy demand. For buyers and sellers alike, this gentler market presents new opportunities—especially for first-home buyers and upgraders ready to make their move with the right preparation.

Top tips for sellers this winter

As temperatures drop, the winter property chill sets in. We typically see listing numbers dip nationwide as sellers hit pause and prepare their properties for a spring sale – along with hordes of other motivated sellers. In fact, home buyers aren’t seasonal, and with the recent interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) –…

Market warms, affordability still front of mind

CoreLogic’s April update paints a two-sided picture for Australian housing. The national Home Value Index advanced 0.3 per cent in April and 3.2 per cent over the year, nudging the median dwelling price to $825,349. Momentum, however, is slower than early 2024, reflecting wary buyers and cost-of-living pressures. Regional markets remain the relative outperformers. Values…

Your Step-By-Step Guide To Smooth Moving

Your Step-By-Step Guide To Smooth Moving You’ve mentally moved into your new home, arranged your furniture just so, popped the champagne and sent out invites to your housewarming soiree. But between then and now, the somewhat less exciting part needs to happen – the move itself. There’s all the admin of things like changing over utilities…