Category: News

Family homes WANTED

Our rental department are currently experiencing a high demand for 3-4 bedroom houses with garaging suitable for families.  Areas most sought after include Riverside, Trevallyn, West Launceston, Prospect, Youngtown, Norwood and Newstead.  If you have a home that may be  suitable contact Christina our rental department manager on 6332 3500 for a chat and an…

New Year, New Home?

If one of your goals for 2019 is to purchase a new home then we have some tips for you; Make a List Before hitting the open homes, make a list of what you are looking for in a home.  If there are some things you are not willing to budge on such as the…

Launceston Top Rated Agent

We are pleased to have been awarded top spot in the 3 Best Rated Real Estate Agents in Launceston.  Popular website threebestrated.com.au hand picks the best agent in town based on their 50 point inspection including reviews, ratings,  reputation, history, complaints, satisfaction, trust and cost. Although we knew this all along… it is great to…

Christmas Lights – list of participating houses

135 Agnes Street, George Town 4 Pleasant Hills Drive, Grindelwald 1 Streamside Court, Kings Meadows 119 Hargrave Crescent, Mayfield 17 Grubb Street, Mowbray 122 Franmaree Road, Newnham 2 Proctor Street, Newnham 39 Roberts Crescent, Newnham 30 Davies Street, Newstead 1 Tatiara Court, Perth 19 Country Club Avenue, Prospect 58 Warring Street, Ravenswood 2 Hazelwood Parade,…

Let’s light up Launceston

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas at Living Here and to celebrate we are ready to launch our inaugural Christmas Light Register. Enter your home for the chance to win a $300 Coles Myer Voucher! All homes registered will join our list of participating houses so stay tuned to our website for the…

5 Great Reasons to Move to Tasmania

Have you thought about moving to Tasmania from interstate….you are not alone.    The numbers of those making the move from interstate have risen over the past few years with the younger generation leading the charge.  Here are some of the reasons why… Affordable Housing – Tasmania is still by far the cheapest state or territory…

Spring is here

We love spring at Living Here Launceston and are very excited it has arrived!  The gardens are looking lovely and with nicer days we are seeing more buyers keen to get out and about and visit more open homes! The first weekend in October also saw the return of daylight savings.  Hooray!  We turned our…

Finance Services

Living Here are pleased to welcome Jackie Brown to our office.  Jackie is a mortgage broker from Loan Market who will be able to assist our current and future clients with their finance needs.  You may have heard from Jackie if you have recently purchased a property with our team.  Our property owners may also…

Rental affordability

A recently released study by Anglicare titled the 2018 Rental Affordability Snapshot shows the number of properties available for rent in the north has dropped by a third over the past year. It showed that growth in rental prices has seen a number of low income earners and pensioners in a position where they struggle…

Hawks Back in our Neighbourhood

This weekend saw the first of this season’s four AFL rostered games played in Launceston (right over the road from our Living Here office!)   A bumper crowd of 16,000 people attended with pre-match entertainment and fire works to mark our first Saturday night game.  Footy fans waited in long lines for up to an hour…