Hot Property – March 2020
Mini Market Watch It is a 99% certainty that the Reserve Bank will drop interest rates again today to the new record low of 0.5%. Whether this will be enough to stimulate the wider economy and not just the…
Another Round on Holiday Letting
The never-ending saga of what to do about Short Term Holiday Letting is at the end of another cycle. This topic has been around the block almost as many times as the Byron bypass. Council is recommending a blanket 90-day…
Can Regenerative Farming Save The World?
Since mentioning regenerative agriculture in a recent blog, this topic has taken on a life of its own. It looks like it’s time for a whole article on this subject. What is Regenerative Agriculture? According to Wikipedia, Regenerative Agriculture is…
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Electric Kool-Aid Kombi Test Byron local Alex Bosin is doing the transition to electric vehicles Byron style. Being an ex-airline engineer for Lufthansa, he has converted his beloved Kombi to be fully electric. Besides enjoying the ride himself he also…
Is Mullumbimby the New Byron?
Readers may be interested to see this article which ran in the Qantas magazine. I am sure the last thing many Mullum residents want is for ‘The Biggest Little Town In Australia’ to be known as ‘The New Byron’. And…
Market Watch
As we head into the start of 2020, the property market is quickly recovering from the price falls that were experienced in 2019. Byron Bay dropped 8% for the year ending Sept 2019. However, it is interesting to put that…
Magical Byron: What Do We Want To Keep?
A while ago I was showing some overseas visitors around Byron. We strolled up to the carpark at the top of Jonson Street. It was sunset and sky was turning a rich, glorious pink. Surfers were peeling down the swell…
Hot Property – February 2020
Celeste Barber buys in Tweed Actor, comedienne and Instagram sensation, Celeste Barber has purchased a penthouse unit in a 1980 block overlooking Rainbow Bay in Tweed Heads. Ms. Barber grew up in Terranora just inland from Tweed so it is…
How much does a buyers agent cost, and are they worth it?
Buying a home is expensive, with purchasers paying stamp duty, conveyancing, and legal fees, not to mention the huge deposit required. So would you really want to pay more for something you could do yourself? Buyers agents work for buyers…
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Citizen Lottery Byron Shire has a bad case of ‘some people know best’ syndrome. The Council wants to broaden the range of the community consultation process. This follows on from the success of the citizen juries or the ‘Byron Model’…