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Halloween promises to be a scream in Hobsons Bay as the city holds its first Spooktober Fest. Children can dress in costume and visit Newport for a howling night on October 31. There’ll be games, treats, performers and a performance from Count Von Boogie at the Hobsons Bay libraries event. Suitable for children aged five-12, who must be accompanied by an adult. From 5-6.30pm at Newport Community Hub, 13 Mason Street, Newport. Bookings essential: libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au Halloween will also come to Yarraville village with entertainment in the pop-up park, a costume competition, a family movie at the Sun Theatre, and trick-or-treating from 4-6pm. Goya Dmytryshchak
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regions of Melbourne short of living outside of the boundaries of Melbourne,” he said. “This rise in prices … has been largely as a result of very strong population growth where Melbourne has been attracting a lot of migrants. “Most migrants are keen to buy something which is affordable; migrants tend to be home buyers.” Melbourne’s south-west beat the inner east, which recorded the nation’s second highest
property price growth at 31.8 per cent. Melbourne’s north came in at No.3 with 23.3 per cent growth. “Melbourne blitzed it, it really did, for the capital cities,” Mr Christopher said. “I don’t think that’s going to be repeated again next year. We haven’t seen this ourselves in a long time.” In the year to September, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria recorded 713 house sales in Hobsons Bay and 2306 in Wyndham.
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Melbourne’s south-west region – stretching from Williamstown to Wyndham Vale – has recorded Australia’s fastest property price growth, according to a new report. SQM Research’s latest Housing Boom and Bust report shows the median house price across the region soared 42 per cent in the year to September. The median unit price rose by 16 per cent.
SQM managing director Louis Christopher said the south-west included the suburbs of Altona, Altona Meadows, Altona North, Seaholme, South Kingsville, Spotswood, Williamstown and Williamstown North. His research showed the median house price rose from $600,000 to $851,000. Mr Christopher cited affordability and population growth as two of the main drawcards of the south-west. “South-west is one of the most affordable 12363036-PB35-17 10057191-21
By Goya Dmytryshchak