Investors have walked away from old homes. New homes are holding on.
Investor home loans just had their biggest fall on record. Almost all of it was established homes. New builds held up, but rates still…
A kid from a Queensland wheat farm who put himself through university working nights, then spent 30 years building one of Australia's most recognised franchise empires — and still finds time to take the boat out with his brothers on 7mate.
Darren Wallis joined GJ Gardner Homes in 1994 as an accountant. Six years later he was CEO. Twenty years after that, with 129 franchisees across three countries and $1.8 billion in sales, he handed the keys to the next generation and moved to Chairman.
Along the way he co-founded Smith & Sons, Total Fitouts and Team Trades, helped scale Good Bean — and somehow also hosts a hit fishing show on national television with his brothers.
Investor home loans just had their biggest fall on record. Almost all of it was established homes. New builds held up, but rates still…
The Reserve Bank now expects home building to go backwards through 2028. Investors have left, yet new builds keep their tax breaks.
Home values are falling at the fastest pace in 40 years and rates keep rising. Families pay, Canberra keeps spending and the homes we…
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