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First homes explained: this is Steph’s story

Meet Steph, LandGipps’ First Homes Blogger. An energetic and bubbly 23-year-old, most people wouldn’t consider her a first home buyer – but there’s no such thing as too young to learn about how the property market works in making an informed first home decision.

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Beat the Market to Regional Victoria

Following the recent release of the 2016/2017 Victorian budget, Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said that the most important thing the government can do to address the housing affordability crisis is develop a comprehensive population strategy. “We need to grow our regions, not throw everything at Melbourne,” Guy was reported as saying in ABC News.  “Melbourne is going to be unliveable — a great heaving mass of 8 million people.” LandGipps Finance Manager Shayne Blackwood says that what Guy suggests as a solution is already happening. “There’s an organically growing number of people living in regional areas such as Ballarat, Geelong and Warragul who are commuting to Melbourne for work,” says Blackwood.  “There’s also a growing number of people moving to these […]

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Local Media Covers Land Clearance at Heritage Bay

Country Fire Authority conditions, supported by Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning required the removal of all vegetation across the Heritage Bay site.

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The Future of Corinella is Bright

Heritage Bay will become a thriving, welcoming community of fulltime residents, young families, commuters, holidaymakers and retirees nestled within Corinella. Its proximity to other wonderful coastal and rural towns as well as Melbourne makes it extremely attractive to those seeking life by the sea.

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Gippsland benefiting from rising capital city property costs

Latrobe City and Baw Baw are experiencing strong price growth on the back of buyers being priced out of the expensive capital city markets. New research from CoreLogic RP Data has revealed a lift in transaction levels and median values in some of Gippsland’s towns along the M1. With good access to employment up and down the inner and outer south east corridor, people are increasingly seeing the value in moving out further, finding more pace, a better and more affordable lifestyle. LandGipps Director David Sowerby said, “We are now finding that traditional growth corridor towns such as Pakenham, Cranbourne, Berwick and Narre Warren are pushing over the $600,000 mark for an average 4 bed house land package on an allotment over […]

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Releasing Land in Gippsland – Easing the Housing Affordability Crisis

The Housing Industry Association alerted in its most recent report that new housing supply has fallen short of demand for many years, making affordability an ongoing problem.  With Australia’s population forecasted to reach somewhere between 34 million and 42 million by 2050, the situation is set to become critical. Shane Blackwood, Finance Manager at LandGipps, says that LandGipps sees itself as part of the solution. “By sourcing the best parcels of land in the most liveable places in Gippsland, we are creating new opportunities for homes to be built.  In many cases, we are releasing land where there has been none available for significant periods of time. We are in a position to continue sourcing large land parcels and cover the […]

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Rental Yields Higher in Gippsland

Gippsland is proving to be a better investment than Metro Melbourne for property investors seeking rental yields. New REIV data shows the gross rental yield for a 2 bedroom house in regional Victoria was 5.2% in the December quarter which is significantly higher than the 2.9% recorded In metropolitan Melbourne. Three bedroom homes in Morwell delivered regional Victoria’s highest yield of 7.8%. Other Gippsland town also showed better yields than Metro including Churchill 7.2%, Drouin 5.3% and Warragul 4.8%. LandGipps has opportunities in each of these towns and can help you better research your property investment. For more information on yields, visit the REIV website

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Gippsland affords the “Great Australian Dream”

Struggling homebuyers have recently been urged by the Andrews government to consider moving to the country amid the housing affordability crisis. Now this article in Domain claims that rising property prices are changing ideas around home ownership. “The great Australian dream of a family home behind a white picket fence on a large block is becoming harder to reach” says Christina Zhou and Alistair Walsh of Domain. LandGipps can confirm that the opportunity of home ownership is still very real in Gippsland with land available from $100,000 close to the M1, shopping and employment centres. With our build partners this allows a new house land package for less than $300,000. Larger allotments are also more prevalent with allotments ranging from […]

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Could super connectivity be the key to your lifestyle happiness?

Are you too, looking to move in search of “lifestyle happiness”? The availability of NBN in every LandGipps development enables city dwellers relying on super connectivity to realise their tree-change or sea-change dream. The super connectivity provided by the NBN network, is giving people even greater scope to take greater control of where they live and how they work.

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Will you be forced to sell your home to fund your retirement?

The Age reports that retirees with substantial wealth tied up in their homes might soon face the prospect of losing their pension. Aside from the lifestyle benefits of downsizing to the country, the relative affordability of property in Gippsland enables the release of wealth held in your old home.

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What are the advantages of buying a house and land in Gippsland?

Real Estate Institute of Victoria’s, Paul Bird speaks with ABC Gippsland’s Sian Gard about the advantages of buying a house and land in Gippsland. Specific reference is made to the Latrobe Valley on account of its affordability, lifestyle and reasonable commuting distance from Melbourne CBD and coastal areas.

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The LandGipps way…

LandGipps is committed to developing new places where you can best enjoy the Gippsland way of life. Friendly neighbourhoods where people interact and look out for each other.

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