An article in Brisbane’s biggest newspaper, the Courier Mail has highlighted what SpaceOut members have known for some time – that renting out a parking space can be a great little money earner.  The story - Demand for inner-city carparks creates property boom as unused bays become prime rentals, by Robyn Ironside states : Students and [...]

A NSW Government parking tax is being blamed for making city parking prices soar.  Parking fees have increased to such an extent that motorists are finding it cheaper to pay a parking fine than to pay the standard parking station fees. After London, Oslo and Tokyo, Sydney was already the world’s fourth dearest city to [...]

A new online service is currently being developed to help create public parking spaces from otherwise “off-limits” private driveways. Park Circa coordinates a community of members who are either looking for a parking space or have parking facilities available. Members are able to list their driveway parking space as available when it’s not in use [...]

The number of Queensland homes and businesses repossessed by banks has reached record levels. Qld Justice Department figures for August indicate that lenders lodged nearly 200 claims to repossess  homes & businesses as record numbers of owners default on mortgage payments.  The figure of 193 repossession claims, is the highest monthly total since the early [...]

In an article in The Sunday Mail (Brisbane, 3rd October 2010), Amy McCosker and Anthony Templeton highlighted that: “Parking in Brisbane has become more than a headache, with some motorists slugged over $20 an hour for parking in the city” As part of a nationwide investigation it has become clear that Brisbane parking rates are [...]

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 [...]