Business Tenants in Australia are expecting a massive increase in the cost of renting their office space as shortages of quality office space (particularly in CBDs) shifts the pricing “power” back in favour of landlords. In Sydney, the asking price for prestigious office space that is currently under construction is rumoured to be up to [...]

It’s official – Australian homes are now the largest in the world – 6% bigger than the average US home,  and amazingly nearly three times larger than the average home in the UK. Data released yesterday by Commsec shows that over the last 20 years, the average size of a home in Australia has increased [...]

There will be a dramatic increase in the number of parking meters in Brisbane’s inner city under Brisbane City Council plans to push out free parking from the CBD’s fringe. Brisbane inner city suburbs including Herston, Kelvin Grove, Bowen Hills, Teneriffe and Newstead are to be targeted.  The overhaul would see the number of parking [...]

Despite an apparent turnaround in the economy, in the first half of this year one in five Australian families have still had difficulties paying their bills and many have been forced to seek help from family and friends during the economic crisis. A new Australian Government report released yesterday, reveals that a frightening number of [...]

Here’s some of what people are saying about SpaceOut recently (in fact all these comments have been received withn the last 7 days). My personal favourites are in green , and my thoughts are at the end. ”a fabulous idea in todays hard times!!” ”well set out” ”what a fab idea” ‘Luv your site anyway……………………………keep [...]

As a result of our  media release – Australian Parking Fees Amongst most expensive worldwide – Channel 7s  Today Tonight program on 6th August featured a story about Australian Parking Prices – and some of the online options that are available to significantly reduce your Parking costs.  Whilst my interview with TT ended up on [...]

A recent  front page feature story ( 17 July 2009)  in The Washington Post – one of Americas, highest distribution Daily Newspapers, is entitled “Recession Lesson: Share and Swap Replaces Grab and Buy”  (available online but free membership required).  The article highlights that throughout the US, people are looking at ways to cope with the [...]