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Help at hand for pet owners Hume pet owners doing it tough will soon be able to access heavily subsidised or free vet care for their animals thanks to Campbellfield’s Second Chance Animal Rescue. The animal rescue organisation is planning to open an animal hospital in September. The hospital will provide microchipping, vaccinations and de-sexing at reduced prices, as well as free food and social and financial support to help people care for their pets. Second Chance Animal Rescue recently received a $43,000 grant from PETstock Assist to help it establish the hospital. Second Chance Animal Rescue project manager Sarah Kilalea said the grant would help make a difference to the lives of pet owners who struggle to care for their animal friends. “For these people, pets are often their only companion and they will go without food to ensure their pets are fed,” she said. “Knowing we can help keep their pets happy, safe and healthy will make a huge impact to their lives and the lives of their pets.” Second Chance Animal Rescue has been rehabilitating and rehoming animals across Hume since 2008, with about 100 animals rehomed each month.
Gemma Dunham from Second Chance Animal Rescue with Ronnie. (Shawn Smits)
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Housing price hot spots By Laura Michell Wollert, Craigieburn and Doreen have been named among Melbourne’s best-performing real estate markets. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria included the suburbs in its metropolitan Melbourne top 10 growth suburbs for annual price increases. Wollert was named as Melbourne’s second best-performing market in the past year, with a median price of $605,000 as of March, 2019, up 7.6 per cent from March, 2018.
Craigieburn was ninth on the list, with the median price reaching $560,000, up 2.8 per cent from March, 2018. Doreen came in at No.10, with prices up 2.5 per cent to $615,000 as of March, 2019. Melbourne’s top-performing suburb was Mount Martha, where the median price was up 10.4 per cent. REIV president Robyn Waters said the outer suburbs were maintaining their popularity among home buyers because they provided options for families.
“In suburbs like Sunbury, Craigieburn and Wollert, you an still secure a great family home for $500,000 to $600,000, which is attractive to potential owner-occupier and investors,” she said. Overall, Melbourne’s media house price fell 1.4 per cent to $793,000. “The market was fairly stagnant in 2018 as vendors resolved to stay put and renovate or extend rather than take their chances on selling in an uncertain market,” Ms Waters said. The REIV data comes as the Housing
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Industry Association reveals Mickleham was one of Australia’s building hot spots in 2018. According to the HIA, the Mickleham-Yuroke corridor had 1665 new houses approved in 2017-18, valued at $437.4 million. It’s the second consecutive year the area has been named as a building hot spot by HIA. The HIA defines hot spots as local areas where population growth exceeds the national rate of 1.6 per cent and where the value of residential building work approved is in excess of $200 million.
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