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Average size of land block
2007-08-11 06:50:00
At first, it was a kind of mystery to me, why the houses in Australia keep going up in prices. My logic was saying that over time the house is getting older, this is why it should become cheaper, but reality shows exactly the opposite. People with more experience in real estate were saying that it?s the land price that goes up, not the house
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How big is one acre in square meters?
2007-08-04 03:35:00
So here I was, reading this ad about a beautiful house on a huge block of land. To be more specific, it was sitting on 1 acre allotment and I was thinking – how really big is it, how many square meters is one acre? It’s a fact that people from different countries use different measurement units, a person from Europe is used to square meters and kilometers, while someone from US is used to square feet, yards and miles and in Australia they use both square meters and acres. And most of us know that there are feet, meters, acres and hectares but we never know how to do the conversions between those. So for all of those wondering, here goes: 1 acre = 43,560 square feet = 4047 sq meters = 0.4047 hectares. 1 square yard = 9 sq feet = 0.836 sq meters If you can think of any other useful conversions, comment on this post and I will have them added. After all, if you’d like to know – I bet someone else has the same question.
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Strata title and body corporate
2007-07-28 03:53:00
If you are planning to buy a unit or a flat in apartment building, you need t know what the strata title is. Basically, strata title makes it possible for you to own a part of the building (and before the strata title law was introduced, it was impossible.)
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Median house price ? what is it?
2007-07-14 13:58:00
All they talk about on the news is how housing becomes less and less affordable. The median price is climbing up like crazy everywhere. But what is a median price, why look at it and how it?s different from average price? Well, that?s really easy ? here?s an example
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Buying a house: Auction Vs. Private sale - Part 3
2007-06-24 10:10:00
There is also a relatively new thing, called ?For sale by private bid?. It means that the house is advertised with asking price, to give buyers ...
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Buying a house: Auction Vs. Private sale - Part 2
2007-06-06 08:58:00
A private sale is also called ?Private Treaty?. A house is advertised in newspapers by estate agents, whoever is interested comes to the agency and makes his offer, the seller ...
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Buying a house: Auction Vs. Private sale - Part 1
2007-05-30 09:43:00
When you?ve decided you?re ready to buy a house, it means that one big decision is made and you?re now in Buyers Land ? a totally new territory where you have so much to learn. One of those new things is the way people sell houses ? by private sale or an auction.
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Location, location, location!
2007-05-18 11:30:00
The most famous expression of realtors is ?Loca tion , location, location!?. This really is one of the most important things you consider when buying or renting a house. Conveniently located older house can cost much more than more distant new one. To make it easier for us, biggest real-estate internet sites now provide maps...

More about real estate ads
2007-05-10 10:50:00
The Age recently published little article I loved and couldn?t wait to share with you. It describes a special lexicon, a vocabulary that real estate agents use to make horrible dump sound like a palace. Didn?t it happen to you before ? reading the ad makes you feel like you?ve found your dream home, just so you could be terribly disappointed when you see it in real life? ...
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Types of properties
2007-05-03 01:24:00
The first thing you have to choose when looking online for houses to buy or rent is the type of property ? and there are quite a few! Studio, flat, apartment, unit, house or townhouse ? what?s the difference?
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Understanding real estate ads
2007-04-26 00:45:00
Not very long ago, whenever I read newspaper ads advertising houses for sale, it felt like reading in different language. Those advertisements have so many abbreviations ? no wonder a person that is new to real estate (especially one of Australian newcomers) needs a dictionary to understand it.
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Renting with pets
2007-04-21 14:38:00
I must say that renting with pets makes your job much harder, because not many landlords want to accept tenants with pets. When I was looking to rent a place, I discovered ...
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Comfort of your home
2007-04-20 03:04:00
When we say ?home?, we mean the dearest to our heart place, the one that we value more than anything. It is a home where we grew up or our kids are growing up, or a place we?re growing old in. But this article is about a new home for a new family. When anyone decides to build his own home, the first specialist to see would be an architect.
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How renting from real estate agency works
2007-04-16 10:43:00
Before I first went to real estate agency, I imagined that people there will help me to find a house according to my needs, but this is not the way it works.
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Applying for rental property
2007-04-12 10:10:00
Here is the list of documents you might have to present when applying for rental property
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Renting in Australia - Part 3
2007-04-06 11:46:00
A good idea is to make a list of houses you like, not just one or two ? in our current situation several couples are competing for every house. So don?t think that applying for a house means you will get it, always have some more on your list.
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Renting in Australia - Part 2
2007-04-01 11:48:00
After we have transportation sorted out, where do we go to look for houses? There are a few options. Newspapers have sections for rental ads, real estate agencies have rental property lists and, of course, Internet has it all
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