AUSTRALIA’S love of huge houses with extra bedrooms, a study, media or family room may be coming to an end but our homes are still the biggest in the world.

The latest figures show the average new home built in Australia is still 10 per cent bigger than its counterpart in the United States and 9 per cent bigger than in New Zealand.

The average floor area of a new free-standing house in Australia is 243 square metres. Continue reading Australia still has the world’s biggest homes →