Office of Fair Trading 22.2.08 NSW Fair Trading Minister, Linda Burney, today announced that following a three-month consultation process, an overwhelming response had been received on proposed changes to tenancy laws. Ms Burney said in September 2007 Fair Trading released a consultation paper outlining proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 and an enormous [...]

Bankwest’s Lending Central website The December quarter 2007 was a bumper quarter for house prices across the country, with a house median above $450,000 for four out of the eight capital cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra), and price growth in all cities except Perth where the median house price was unchanged from the September [...]

Hornsby Advocate 28.2.08 It is one of the banes of our Shire – a lack of car parking spots that is inhibiting our development as a central business district and causing untold anger and frustration for locals. For railway commuters the situation is even worse. There are just 350 parking spaces for the 11,200 commuters [...]

Hornsby Advocate 28.2.08 RE/MAX First Choice team has had another great week with Jo Johnson selling a two-bedroom unit in Romsey St, Waitara for $410,000. Jo also sold a three-bedroom house on Galston Rd, Hornsby for $513,000. Colleague Jim Yang sold a two-bedroom apartment in Hunter St, Hornsby for $325,000, while Corey Beauchamp sold a [...]

Hornsby Advocate 28.2.08 Hornsby is set to become the first northern Sydney suburb to have an officially incorporated Aboriginal community group. It’s an enormous step forward for the local indigenous community who, up until about three years ago, were isolated with no links to their heritage. A former police officer of 31 years, Herb Smith, [...]

Hornsby Advocate 28.2.08 Success breeds success if the number of girls at Hornsby District Softball Association’s representative trials was anything to go by last Sunday. Over 30 players turned up to Hayes Park, Galston to trial for Hornsby’s under 12 and under 16 squads. More than 20 wanted a coveted place with the under 16s, [...]

Hornsby Advocate 28.2.08 Many locals may disagree, but the RTAs “pinky-finger” campaign to discourage young men from speeding has been a success, director of NSW’s Centre for Road Safety, Soames Job, said. The advertisements on television and roadside billboards, that show young men driving stupidly while bystanders hold their little fingers suggestively, “have reduced the [...]

Hornsby Advocate 28.2.08 The world’s greatest shave is causing a buzz in the Hornsby Shire with donations blowing in for the Leukaemia Foundation’s major fundraiser. But the bald facts are, with just two weeks to go until Judy Hopwood dyes her auburn locks green, Nick Berman shaves his noggin and Greg Bepper dons a tutu, [...]

Hornsby Advocate 14.2.08 January started with a bang for RE/MAX First Choice Hornsby and finished on the same note. Principal Barry Palmer sold a four-bedroom property in Gardenia St, Asquith in less than a week for $725,000. Colleague Corey Beauchamp sold a three-bedroom home at 1 Hillview St, Hornsby Heights in less than a week [...]

Hornsby Advocate 14.2.08 The winner of the Advocate Junior Sports Star award for 2007 will be announced in this newspaper next week. A presentation for 21 Cumberland and Courier Newspapers winners was set to be held at The Waterfront, Homebush Bay, last night. The highlight of the invitation-only night will be the awarding of the [...]