Oliver Hume

Manor Lakes may be a new estate but the 8400-lot development has plenty of the hallmarks of a more settled community.

One of Victoria’s most renowned residential developers, the multi-award-winning Villawood Properties, is leading the charge to restore housing affordabilityin the South-East.

FORGET Tattslotto - a small group of aspirational families has hit the jackpot after developers paid $47 million for their city fringe farmland.

Casey developers are cutting the prices of building blocks and offering buyers incentives worth thousands of dollars.

Located in Bairnsdale, Shannon Waters will be the benchmark for regional living.

The Estuary community at Leopold near Geelong reached several milestones last year.

How will the year pan out for property, both residential and new homes?

Largest land sale in Melbourne for more than 12 months

It is the scale of Berwick Waters that lets the developers provide a variety of precincts and pricing opportunities

The Gold Coast apartment market is primed to record its strongest summer sales period in three years.

Are you ready to live the grand life at Granvue in Officer?

Developer Australand believes the lure of a Berwick-style address at Berwick Waters will prove compelling for many new-home and land buyers.

One of Melbourne’s most exclusive residential developments, Settlers Run at Botanic Ridge (formarly Cranbourne South), has taken home the 2011 UDIA (Victorian) Award for Excellence in ‘Water Management’.

Cashed up holidaymakers are expected to splash out on property bargains on the Gold Coast with predictions of strong summer sales particularly of high-rise apartments.   

Brisbane has enough apartment stock to last two years but further residential developments are already ramping up, a report says.  Oliver Hume market research shows 67 projects with a total of 7302 apartments were marketed in the city between September and November. 

National project marketing group Oliver Hume has opened its doors to building business in south east Queensland after securing a new premises on the Gold Coast.

Hope Island is emerging as one to watch as unit sales soar and one development chalks up 28 unconditional contracts in just over eight weeks of release at full list price.

The western growth corridor’s most popular new community Aspire, which is located next to Hillside, is lending a helping hand to local workers.

For the third quarter in a row, land prices in Melbourne’s growth areas have fallen.

When an estate is called Greenvale Gardens it certainly helps its marketability to be close to plenty of greenery.

Settlers Run at Botanic Ridge (formerly Cranbourne South), has taken home the 2011 UDIA (Victoria) Award for Excellence in the ‘Water Management’ category.

Metro Property Development believes good things can come in small packages at Orchard Grove.

The country meets the city at the Orchard Grove development at Doreen.

The price of land in Melbourne’s growth areas is falling, helping to make new homes more affordable.

The rate of new apartments being marketed in Melbourne has continued almost unabated, despite some concerns last year of looming oversupply.

More and more people decide they don't want a backyard

Property watchers are dubbing it a buyer's market as stock levels soar, clearance rates stay stubbornly low and potential home owners sit on the sidelines.

The highly successful Grandvue in Officer is about to blitz the market with a return to the traditional sized lot.

The award-winning Settlers Run community offers a luxurious lifestyle, with edgy, modern home design in a tranquil semi-rural environment, all just 45 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD.

THE Baillieu government has cleared the way for a new residential community to be built in Melbourne's outer south-east.

The Urban Development Industry of Australia (Victoria) today welcomed the approval of a new 6000 lot residential suburb at Clyde North within the City of Casey.

Jacksons View in Drouin featured on Channel 9's On Display on Sunday 30th October.

Residential development The Marq, designed by architecture, interior design and urban planning firm Hayball, is bringing inner-city style to Melbourne’s Northern suburbs.

With established community networks, an array of schooling options, shopping nearby and an adjoining 100ha of regional parkland, Fairview at Mernda is proving popular.

For those looking for affordable residential land, it’s still a case of ‘go west.’ And a fair swag of west-going land buyers are heading to the suburb of Melton and estates such as Waterford.

A new player is ready to make its Marq on Bundoora’s University Hill development.

Point Cook’s newest community Saratoga is set to bring a level of design and amenity more usually associated with high-end city apartments than suburban home environments.

People wanting to live at a new Villawood community southeast of Melbourne will be spoilt for choice when it comes to their homes at Pasadena, Clyde.

A rare chance exists to build in an older area, at The Range etsate in Croydon.

As the price of land in Melbourne soared in the past year or so, some prospective buyers started to look further afield to estates such as Estuary, near Geelong.

‘THE Residences at Alamanda’ is a boutique enclave within an award-winning community that allows over 55s to indulge in a stylish lifestyle.

For the first half of this year, there have been more first home buyers purchasing land in the Melbourne growth areas, while there were fewer investors.

Registrations of interest are continuing to mount for the impending launch of Essence Bacchus Marsh, the region’s much anticipated new community.

Victoria is bucking the national trend when it comes to new housing starts, the latest figures reveal.

Purchasers seeking a big backyard and plenty of room to move are flocking to Aspire, in Melbourne’s West.

Wolfdene’s Saratoga development in Point Cook is pushing the envelope of suburban residential living by incorporating urban design qualities.

Strong demand in Abbotsford, Trenerry, as land values rise.

There are early Christmas presents to be found at Jackson’s View near Drouin, with blocks of land available with a deposit of only $5000.

Budget-minded house and land buyers have been beating a path to Wallara Waters during the past year, attracted by the estate’s comparatively affordable blocks.

Alan Jackson's Daughters and their mother are bringing his retirement dream to life at Jackson's View estate.

One of the last undeveloped sites in Abbotsford, Trenerry, will soon offer waterfront living in the city fringe.

National real estate group Oliver Hume has appointed senior Queensland property executives Brinton Keath and Marcus Buskey to take the helm of its new southeast Queensland and northern NSW office.

Buyers have rushed to secure a piece of Tarneit’s Parkview estate, with stage one of the development selling out within weeks of release and stage two going fast.

A new house and land model, Urban Village, has promised to give buyers a more affordable entry to Melbourne’s suburban property market.

The Finch Court Release is the latest offering from the team at Jackson's View in Drouin.

Some 15 years ago Paul and Alexandra Liefman moved to Jindvick from South Melbourne for a complete lifestyle change.

Spending on new multi-unit dwellings has risen quicker than new detached houses since the mid 1990’s.

MELBOURNE is gripped by McMansion mania, as new houses are getting bigger every year according to Oliver Hume Real Estate Group.

A five-hectare sports ground with football oval, soccer pitch and pavilion will be within walking distance of all home sites in the Estuary community in Leopold.

Bundoora’s popular University Hill Precinct has another new player, with developer Sunland Group offering town-houses at Eton Residences.

Warragul estate Waterford Rise has registered strong sales in the past month in a trend driven by the affordability pressure on land prices closer to Melbourne.

Home-buyers seeking quality, innovation and value for money will be keen to know that ‘Pasadena, Clyde’ has released a sneak peak of Villawoods new 12-home display village,

Wyndham Vale, this spot, 31km southwest of the central city, has much to offer

The average age of a Footscray resident must have plummeted in the past decade, with the increase in apartment projects ,the latest apartment project being Trio.

When the Gratten Institute report was released last month it made headlines, with its main thrust being that people wanted more apartments and townhouses in desirable areas.

Noticed a lot of cranes on the Melbourne skyline lately? A boom in apartment construction accounts for an awful lot of them.

Renaissance Rise in Mernda has created two wonderful living environments for residents.

MELBOURNE'S apartment boom is showing no sign of abating, with 65 per cent of all apartment projects launched since 2008 under construction across 30 municipalities, according to Oliver Hume research.

Melbourne’s housing downturn has spilled over into the broad-hectare land market according to Oliver Hume Real Estate Group

New lot releases at Waterford is due in six to eight weeks.

Most Melton residents would be unaware of one of our best assets – the Melton Reservoir, fed by the Werribee River at Waterford.

When building a new home, most buyers are concerned with their own needs and how the home should suit them.

The $1 billion Waterford development at Melton South has sold nearly all blocks available to date, making it the most successful project of its kind in the western area.

Not all of Melbourne’s apartment development action is in Docklands and Southbank. New apartment project in West Footscray, Trio Apartments.

Victorian developers stand to benefit from one of the most generous planning provisions in the country after the state government approved a new scheme that will allow them to squeeze more lots into their housing estates.

Mint, at Renaissance Rise, Mernda, combines the low-cost and low-maintenance benefits of a townhouse with the outdoor lifestyle and garden environment of a country estate.

Rachel Pearce and her partner Troy Montgomery, both at the tender age of 19 discovered they were the 200th buyer at Waterford in Melton.

Buyers seeking the best homes on earth have been flocking to ‘Pasadena’, the latest residential community from Villawood Properties.

They were lucky enough to clinch the chance to buy two of only four 'budget'-priced properties off the plan in the new Scarlet Croydon Estate.

Despite talk of a softening property market, land is still a hot topic at Summerhill estate in Epping.

HOUSE prices on the urban fringe have hit a record high despite a small decrease for Melbourne overall based on survey conducted by Oliver Hume.

When it comes to family-friendly places to live, Alamanda at Point Cook gets it right.

Time and Wendy Gilmore are happy they can finally build a two-storey home in Warragul at Waterford Rise.

The theme is decidedly green and outdoorsy at Greenvale Gardens.

Premier Anna Bligh and Treasurer Andrew Fraser announced reforms to the state's housing sector, aiming to boost construction jobs and make new housing more affordable through a new Queensland Building Boost program.

Melbourne is reaching for the sky, with high-rise apartments making up a quarter of all residential building approvals.

Units and apartments have become the property purchase of choice for many Melbournians.

Officer will get a $20 million Catholic school campus on the Grandvue Estate.

Mint at Renaissance Rise selling out the first two stages in five weeks.

Anyone who buys a townhouse at Mint in Renaissance Rise, Mernda and settles before June 30 will receive a free iPad2.

The Grenada’s practical design will strongly appeal to smaller families and those who want to downsize a more compact contemporary home at Estuary at Leopold.

CARDINIA is the most affordable growth area for house-and-land packages in Melbourne, a city-wide study by the Oliver Hume property group has found.

Jackson's View will offer a VIP limited release of lots early next month at the Waterview Precinct.

Villawood Properties and Henley together raised $610,000 from the sale of a house at Alamanda, Point Cook.  All funds will go towards The Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

The City of Casey’s fast-progressing community Marriott Waters has celebrated another sell-out success as buyers snap up the last remaining waterfront home-sites in the prestigious Waterview Precinct.

MELBOURNE is starting to turn into Manhattan - without the subways - with more than 20,000 high-rise and medium-rise apartments approved in the past two years.

For many new home and land buyers, the price is right at Wallara Waters, in Wallan.

Estuary is among the next generation of residential estates appearing on the wider Geelong landscape.

Pasadena is quickly becoming one of the region's most popular new addresses with Villawood Properties' lastest south-east community.

APARTMENT prices in central Melbourne are falling behind those on the city fringe, creating two distinct markets, according to research by Oliver Hume Real Estate Group.

Jackson's View offered Country Club lots last weekend (Saturday 16th April) in a first for the West Gippsland region.

Villawood Properties and Henley are ready and set to auction off a premium new house and land package within the "Alamanda" community in Point Cook this Good Friday.

Australia's growing population is putting further pressure on the nation's housing shortage, a new study shows.

If recent sales trends are a good gauge, new home and land buyers just get cant enough of the outer western suburb of Melton at the Waterford estate.

INTENSE competition in Melbourne's booming apartment market is taking a toll.

Buyers are looking for alternatives in the regional towns of Waterford Rise, Warragul.

One of the key factors influencing the value of high-rise apartments is the quality of the view from the lounge room or balcony.

Manor Lakes estate may be taking on the the look and feel of a more established suburb, but it is still very much a new community.

This year's Good Friday Appeal auction was held at Alamanda, Point Cook.

Villawood Properties and Henley Properties Group are the winning team of the Good Friday appeal auction at Alamanda, Point Cook.

Off-the-plan housing contracts in Victoria will soon come with a ''warning notice'' as research from Oliver Hume show projects have stalled.

Parkside, the latest release at the Mint at Renassiance Rise, has just been launched into the Mernda market

Jackson's View Estate in Drouin is allowing buyers to pay 10 per cent deposit and wait 18 months before they pay the rest.

The launch weekend at Waterford Rise resulted in 16 sales worth $2.3 million on 19 March with campers queuing to select their preferred lots.

Villawood Properties and the City of Casey this week celebrated the start of construction at Clyde's premium new residential community, Pasadena.

Melbourne flats, units and apartments have shown elevated activity recently, with high-rise apartments gaining a significant 26 per cent of the share of total dwelling approvals.

Happy Trails at Manor Lakes estate.

Popular Lyndhurst community Marriott Waters has lent a helping hand to cancer research.

Works set to commence on the Alarah estate's very first homes.

A 1250 master-planned housing estate in Waterford Rise at Warragul is proving a major drawcard for Melbourne and local buyers just weeks ahead of the launch of sales

The public's appetite for land in Melbourne's outer west shows no sign of abating, if interest in the new Aspire estate, at Plumpton, is anything to go by.

Plummeting first-home buyer numbers have taken the heat out of the property market. Oliver Hume recommends to buy now.

The waterford estate on Melton South is one of Melbourne's newest and biggest housing estates.

NAMES like Toolern, Doreen, Wollert and Mernda don't mean much to most Melburnians today.

Housing approvals plunged in January , reflecting the impact of interest rate increase on the sector, and analysts are predicting months of malaise.

The price of land in Melton Shire rose a whopping 51 per cent in the last year based on research by Oliver Hume.

The cost of land in Melbourne's booming growth area surpassed the price of building a new home for the first time accordint to Oliver Hume Research.

The cost of buying an off-the-plan apartment in Melbourne's inner city declined over the past year.

The impact of reality television shows is literally starting to hit home for many Victorians.

Research by Oliver Hume Real Estate Group Shows that for the first time in Melbourn's growth areas, the price of land is higher then the building price.

Australia's biggest developers are exploiting last year's Urban Growth Boundary changes, continuing quietly to snap up farmland in Melbourne's mid-west.

Planning Minister Matthew Guy says he has been unable to determine who made the final decision on last year's contentious explansion of Melbourne's Urban Growth Boundary.

Welcome to Wallan (Wallara Waters), the new face of booming Melbourne.

I love a good picnic. And it's even better when you've got everything you need, from the picnic spot to the food, right on your doorstep at Marriott Waters, Lyndhurst.

Rory Costellow from Villawood Properties, one of the men shaping Melbourne

MAB Corporation has launched its biggest project to date, a $350 million apartment building in Melbourne's Docklands.

The cost of land in Melbourne's booming growth ares surpassed the price of building a new home for the first time based on research from Oliver Hume.

On the wide open plains west of Melbourne, still within sight of the city skyline, you can feel the buzz of change in the air at new estates.

Melbourne's affordability priced outer west has beckoned to increasing numbers of new-home-and-land buyers turning to the north's Wallara Waters in Wallan.

Following outstanding sales success, Marriott Waters at Lyndhurst is offering buyers a final opportunity to secure waterfront home sites within this 1100-lot community.

Newest land release - Callista - at The Range at Croydon, soon to be released to those in the market for a new home.

APARTMENTS and townhouses in Melbourne have outperformed the stock exchange as an investment in the past 30 years, according to Oliver Hume research.

Following unprecedented buyer demand developer Villawood Properties has fast-tracked the release of new park front homesites at Pasadena.

Empire Release at Jackson's View in Drouin on Saturday 29th January 2011.

When it comes to buying a property solo, inner-city Melbourne has a surprisingly affordable range of options says Oliver Hume.

As houses get smaller, buyers are looking for more affordable, compact blocks according to Oliver Hume Research.

Residential developers are looking forward to a $350 million pay day after the Victorian government released a tract of land at Greenvale Gardens in Greenvale.

Works a charm at Chancellor at University Hill, Bundoora.

Just as Melbourne thought it could take no more suburbs, fresh fringe hubs continue to emerge at Wallara Waters in Wallan.

THOUSANDS of off-the-plan apartment buyers could face losses as a glut forces many Melbourne projects into limbo based on research by Oliver Hume.

The median price of a block of land is on the verge of exceeding the cost of building a new home in Melbourne's growth areas accoriding to Property group Oliver Hume.

A 3500-lot housing complex will be built on the banks of the Werribee River on new land approved for Development at Waterford estate in Exford.

Houseseekers are snapping up what may be Melbourne's cheapest double storey house-and-land packages at the Mint development at Renaissance Rise.

Nick and Janelle Butters are the only residents living for the time being, on The Range at Croydon.

A family gathering is under way in Melbourne’s south-east where one development, Grandvue, is becoming a family estate

Some who are warming to the reality of high rise living according to property analysts and Oliver Hume Real Estate Group

Waterford estate in Melton South sold all available blocks at its Launch on Saturday 19 March in little more than an hour

NEAR-RECORD sales are set to double Melbourne's average annual supply of apartments within two to three years, according to research by property company Oliver Hume.

Apartment blocks are getting taller to cater for demand, research from agents Oliver Hume shows.

Apartments are replacing single-fronted cottages as the first home of choice in Melbourne's inner suburbs according to Oliver Hume Real Real Estate Group.

Apartment buyers fuelling a building renaissance in Melbourne's inner city.

The new outer suburb of Toolern is going to be unveiled with a bang.

Couples have resorted to sleeping in their cars to secure a block of land in Jackson's View, Drouin