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Hong Kong’s property market is sky high
Hong Kong has topped the most expensive lists for the best part of the last decade, especially when it comes to the property market, with both rent and purchase prices incredibly high. Luxury properties are there for the super-rich but, because of the sheer number of people in the city, even small apartments are becoming unaffordable to ordinary people.

Record-breaking prices
In November 2017, a four-bedroom house set a new...

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The @ Real Estate team hope you have a fantastic weeekend!
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Flying Fox Caring and Rescuing Training Sessions
Saturday 23rd February - Sunday 24th February 12:00pm - 5:00pm @ Yeppoon Community Centre
If you are interested in flying-fox and would like to become a carer or a rescuer, or both or you would like to understand more about the species, please...

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Property owners, you – and your bank – definitively own your home. But what about the air above your property and the earth and its contents beneath it?

Property rights were originally governed by the ad coelum maxim: whoever owns the soil, holds title all the way up to the heavens and down to the depths of hell. But, this maxim – however poetic – was created before construction cranes, drones or industrial mining, and now it...

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A guide for householders and the general public

Friable asbestos products have been commonly used in commercial and industrial settings since the late 1800s for fireproofing, soundproofing and insulation. Some friable products were also used in houses and may still be found in houses built before 1990.

In Australia, asbestos cement materials were first manufactured in the 1920s and were commonly used in the manufacture of residential building materials from the mid-1940s until the late 1980s....

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About the project
The Department of Innovation, Tourism Industry Development and the Commonwealth Games (DITID) is leading the Great Keppel Island (GKI) Rejuvenation Pilot. The project aims to facilitate the growth of tourism on GKI, and in the surrounding regions with the Queensland Government providing up to $25 million towards mainland connected common-user water and electricity infrastructure to support existing tourism operators, residents, and future tourism development projects.

Scope
The project involves the installation of...

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Unprecedented capital investment in projects across our local area over the next decade will result in renewed business and investment confidence plus provide a boost in economic stimulus across our entire Capricorn region.

With in excess of $3.5 Billion in project investment guaranteed over the next 5 to 10 years across a broad spectrum of activity including construction, civil, engineering, manufacturing, concrete products and environmental consulting plus associated trades and specialist services such as fencing (in excess of 200km of new...

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The 15th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey shows Australia as the second most unaffordable market for housing, with New Zealand coming in third.

The survey uses a measurement of ‘median multiple’ to rank affordability, which is found by dividing median house price by gross annual median household income. This method is the same favoured by the United Nations and the World Bank.

From there the markets are ranked from “affordable” (3.0 or less) to “severely unaffordable” (5.1 and over).

The report assessed...

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Queensland is home to some of the world's best beaches, but are some sections of our coastline closed to the public?
A Brisbane family feuding with Moreton Island's Tangalooma Resort has told ABC Radio Brisbane they were shocked and outraged when a security guard tried to force them off a public beach.
Lisa Wilkins, who was swimming with her partner and daughter near the resort on Good Friday, said they were told it had exclusive rights to the area.
Tangalooma...

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First dealings with freehold land

The first dealings with freehold land were made under the Registration of Deeds Act 1843. This act was administered by the Registrar-General of New South Wales.

Queensland became a state in its own right in 1859 by separating from New South Wales. The Crown on behalf of the state of Queensland owned all the land in the state except that which had previously been granted to individuals. Soon after separation, copies of all deeds and conveyances were...

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Where will our property markets be in 3 years?

That’s a question people are asking now that our real estate markets have moved to the next stage of the property cycle – one of falling property values in some areas and slower growth in other locations.

We are now seeing the predicted softening in both the Sydney and Melbourne markets after many years of strong growth.

First time home buyers are surging back into these markets replacing some of the demand left by...

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