The Billion Dollar Playground cast and luxury staff. Picture: Ben Symons Caviar tins, Dom Perignon and luxury holiday homes is just another day in the billion dollar playground. If you’ve ever wondered how the top 1 per cent travel, BINGE’s new TV series ‘Billion Dollar Playground’ offers a front-row seat, lifting the curtain on the […]
Investors looking to sell their property can add an extra $10,000 to $20,000 in value by refreshing their bathroom through easy and inexpensive DIY, an industry expert said. Celebrity interior designer and founder of Kurved by Design, Kellie Richardson says a few basic reno hacks were enough to increase the sale price of a home, […]
Inspections are strictly prohibited, with potential buyers facing trespassing charges if they break the rules, but that won’t stop immense interest in nine Peterborough properties set to be auctioned later this month. Owners of the seven houses and two vacant blocks have defaulted on their rates, forcing the Peterborough Council to sell the Mid North […]
The four-bedroom house at 128 Verner St, Geelong, sold for $1.245m at auction. Renovating an old Californian bungalow in a neighbourhood backing on to Geelong’s busy rail corridor has paid dividends, even without the luxury of off-street parking. The four-bedroom residence at 128 Verner St, Geelong sparked an auction battle between two bidders that finished […]
The four-bedroom house at 78 The Esplanade, Torquay, sold for $5m. Torquay’s front row is back in the front of mind of buyers as a house originally built for the family of a brickmaking empire was snapped up after just three weeks on the market. The four-bedroom house at 78 The Esplanade, Torquay, was listed […]
The technology posture of the federal government’s housing apparatus has been a hot topic of discussion for years. Advocates have advised — and sometimes warned — of the need to modernize the tech infrastructure at government housing agencies. With the dawn of artificial intelligence (AI) and its increasing dominance in the tech landscape, the Federal […]
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) submitted a formal request to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Monday, asking for the rescission of six rules and revisions to nine others that affect the mortgage industry. These include regulations tied to servicing, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and loan officer compensation, […]
Despite the overwhelming preferences of older people to age in place in their own homes — a trend that holds true across North America — there remain inequities that limit the access and ability for some older people to fulfill this desire, according to the findings of a recent study. Researchers at McGill University in […]
In one of the most robust housing assistance funding announcements of the second Trump administration so far, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Tuesday that it is making $1.1 billion in Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) funding available for eligible Native American Tribes and Tribal communities to “carry out affordable […]
The delinquency rate for U.S. residential mortgages rose slightly in the first quarter of 2025. This was partially driven by an uptick in conventional loan delinquencies and rising foreclosure inventory, particularly among loans backed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported Tuesday that the seasonally adjusted delinquency rate […]
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