For Australians in many locations across the country, the summer months present the risk of bush fires and thus the threat of injury and damage to property.  For residents of such areas, it is very important to prepare for bushfires and to take action to reduce the associated risks.   One of the best ways to plan for the occurrence of a bush fire and to ensure the safety of you and your family is to put together a Bush Fire Survival Plan; the resources for doing so are... 

  It may be that purchasing conditions for prospective residential property buyers could be set to improve, despite the Reserve Bank of Australia electing to keep interest rates on hold this week.     Charles Tarbey, Chairman and Owner of Century 21 Australia, said that the conditions we are seeing at present are helping to create a window of opportunity for those home buyers and investors who are in a financial position to buy and who have sought the appropriate... 

The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently released its official inflation data – the Consumer Price Index – for the December 2011 quarter.  The figures showed that the Index was unchanged over the quarter, as compared with a rise of 0.6 per... 

For many Australians, the purchase of a property is one of biggest, and likely most expensive, commitments made over the course of a lifetime.  It is for this reason that it is important to take certain steps to eliminate as much uncertainty as possible from the buying process. 

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently released its building approval data for November 2011 – a key statistic for the residential property industry as it provides an indication as to how many private sector residences have been approved for construction.