Australian housing values reach a new record high as values continue to rise across every broad region of the country. Housing values continued to rise through the first month of 2021 with CoreLogic’s national home value index up 0.9% over the month. The January movement takes Australian home values to a fresh record high. Housing values have surpassed pre-COVID levels by 1.0%, and the index is 0.7% higher than the previous September 2017 peak. Every capital city and broad re

The New Year is the perfect time to take a fresh look at your finances. 1. Start tracking your spending It doesn’t sound like fun, but if you don’t know where your money goes, it’s impossible to understand your spending patterns and identify habits that are making it harder to achieve your financial goals. With the ability to simply “tap” it often feels like we aren’t parting with our money and we can quickly lose our sense of just how much we are spending and on what. To ge