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Post-Election Test for Market
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Carolyn Boyd It will be the second-biggest auction day of the year so far.
Investors warned not to follow the herd
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Carolyn Boyd Is there really such a thing as a hotspot? Or is the hotspot just a place where investors get their fingers burnt?
Budgeting just got easier
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Carolyn Boyd A tech revolution is taking place that could completely change the way you manage your money.
Green
Fibro a surprise energy hero
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Carolyn Boyd Retrofitted '60s home could change the way we think about our houses.
Talking Property
Historic reprieve for borrowers
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Carolyn Boyd Standard variable rates headed for 1960s levels.
Styling for sale – on a budget
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Carolyn Boyd Paying attention to the small details can make all the difference.
Thrifty design ontrend - mostly
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Carolyn Boyd Some household trends should come with a warning. Take upcycling – giving old items a new lease of life in sometimes unexpected ways.
Urban design turns up the heat
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Carolyn Boyd Our cities are getting hotter thanks to the way we are building them.
Call to super-size home deposits
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Carolyn Boyd Plan for first homebuyers to use their superannuation savings to buy property.
Simple gestures cut through the nonsense
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Carolyn Boyd Bringing communities together, one pie at a time.
Steam showers the hot new thing
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Carolyn Boyd Australians have added yet another item to their renovation wish lists.
Dealing with noisy neighbours
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Carolyn Boyd There is a new scourge. The wanna-be rock star armed with none other than a drum kit. A really loud one.
Talking property
Native approach not so crazy
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Carolyn Boyd Some worried it was "going bananas". But it all turned out ok.
Talking property
Cut your heating bills
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Carolyn Boyd It was good while it lasted – all that warm weather.
Make your property hot this winter
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Carolyn Boyd The arrival of cold weather does not mean people stop looking to buy.