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  • 1 day ago | view.com.au | Sonia Taylor

    Melbourne's property market may still be soft, but for first-home buyers, that's exactly where the opportunity lies - including some prime suburbs. While other capital cities such as Brisbane and Sydney have seen unit prices soar over the past year, Melbourne's unit market has remained soft, offering a rare window for buyers to enter some of the city's most desirable suburbs at more accessible prices.

  • 3 days ago | view.com.au | Sonia Taylor

    Looking for the ultimate fixer-upper bargain? Flood-affected houses in the NSW town of Lismore, near Byron Bay, are being sold by the government for relocation, and they're going to auction with no reserve. The release is part of a rolling buyback scheme to relocate and reuse flood-affected homes purchased through the Resilient Homes Program, which aims to remove unsafe homes from the floodplain and help create more affordable housing in the region.

  • 6 days ago | 7news.com.au | Sonia Taylor

    With national rental vacancy rates still scraping along at or near historic lows, many landlords may be tempted to continue increasing rents, but is that the most strategic play? Fresh data from SQM Research shows the national residential vacancy rate held steady at 1.1 per cent in May, with major capitals like Brisbane (0.8 per cent), Perth (0.6 per cent) and Adelaide (0.6 per cent) still experiencing critical shortages of available rentals.

  • 1 week ago | view.com.au | Sonia Taylor

    With national rental vacancy rates still scraping along at or near historic lows, many landlords may be tempted to continue increasing rents, but is that the most strategic play? Fresh data from SQM Research shows the national residential vacancy rate held steady at 1.1 per cent in May, with major capitals like Brisbane (0.8 per cent), Perth (0.6 per cent) and Adelaide (0.6 per cent) still experiencing critical shortages of available rentals.

  • 1 week ago | 7news.com.au | Sonia Taylor

    Commonwealth Bank has slashed rates on some of its investor home loans for the third time in just over a month, a move that's reigniting competition in the investor mortgage space. Following two cuts in May, CBA's latest round of rate cuts has trimmed its Digi Home Loan rates for new investor customers by between 0.07 and 0.12 percentage points. The principal and interest (P&I) rate is now down to 5.69 per cent and the interest-only option to 5.95 per cent.

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Sonia Taylor @taylorsonia
6 Dec 18

I spoke with the lovely @becjuddloves for @9Honey Homes about Christmas decorations, and why she loves her unconventional Christmas tree so much. https://t.co/lDyQQwZz7B

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5 Jul 18

I spoke with @alexmonney @Jess_Monney about the surprise waiting for them in their bathroom wall during renovations. https://t.co/eIwJXbB1Xt @9HoneyAU

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Sonia Taylor @taylorsonia
10 Apr 18

Wrote about (and snapped) Sri Lanka for 9Travel. https://t.co/6kso904oi6