Pandemic pushes city slickers to Queensland country towns
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By Caitlyn Larkin
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Seeing cities in lockdown was the push Jancine and Steve Harrison needed to pack up and move to Kalbar – a regional Queensland town, population about 2000.
“When the Brisbane lockdowns happened, I just worked from home so it didn’t affect me much, but COVID-19 was definitely the push for us to move,” Ms Harrison said.
New Kalbar residents Jancine and Steve Harrison.
“We were looking at what was happening in other cities, with constant lockdowns, and we didn’t want to get caught up in it all so we just thought no, we love the country, so let’s move out there.
Coronavirus stimulus grants lead to record building approvals but industry shortages emerging
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Elly Hope and Jordan Dunn will be able to save $45,000 on their mortgage with the help of COVID-19 stimulus grants.
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Elly Hope was not planning for her first home to be a new build, but when the opportunity arose, she grasped it.
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Builders are crediting home builder grants with pushing approvals up
There are predictions that the boom will not last, with land and trades in short supply
Ms Hope bought some land at Howrah Gardens, on Hobart s eastern shore, early last year.
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RBA focused on lending, not house prices: Lowe By Malavika Santhebennur 08 February 2021
Governor Philip Lowe has said that the central bank will continue to focus on lending standards and hold discussions with regulators if they were to deteriorate.
Addressing the House of Representatives standing committee on economics on 5 February, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe has reiterated that the central bank would not focus on housing prices.
“As we have previously discussed at these hearings, the RBA does not – and should not – target housing prices,” Mr Lowe said.
“Instead, our focus is on the lending that is used to purchase housing. We want to see lending standards remain strong.”
Sydneysiders voting with their feet and opting for sea or tree change
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Julian and Amanda Rosenberg had talked about moving out of Sydney for years but it was the COVID-19 pandemic that finally made it possible.
The couple, along with their two-year-old son Hunter, are just three of the thousands of Sydneysiders who fled the city for the country in the past year. The family moved from Castle Cove near Chatswood to the Byron Bay area at the end of November.
Amanda and Julian Rosenberg with their son Hunter and dog Nala have moved from Sydney to Byron Bay in recent months.