This Month
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- Wealth Generation
Where you can afford to buy without breaking the 30pc rule
See how suburb-level affordability across Australia’s three biggest capital cities has changed over the past three decades.
- Lucy Dean and Les Hewitt
July
Now it’s O’Neil v Chandler-Mather on housing
Clare O’Neil will take on selling the government’s housing agenda, which pollsters say has been drowned out by the Greens’ precocious spokesman Max Chandler-Mather.
- Jessica Gardner
AustralianSuper, Hesta look to supercharge housing investment
The industry super fund giants have taken shared ownership of Assemble, which develops affordable rental and for-sale housing.
- Michael Bleby
How building codes are crunching affordability
Energy efficiency demands and stringent accessibility rules are increasing the cost of building homes by tens of thousands of dollars.
- James Hall
Build-to-rent starts tumble as high costs take a toll
But by the end of the decade, build-to-rent housing could hit its next growth spurt, accounting for nearly 20 per cent of apartment starts.
- Nick Lenaghan
Queensland mulls expansion of stamp duty discounts in tax shake-up
Expanding stamp-duty concessions and overhauling land tax in Queensland will be considered as part of a new tax shake-up.
- James Hall
June
- Exclusive
- Property development
Developers rush to snap up $350m Qld fund to boost housing density
The industry has called for new tax incentives to increase housing supply following the mad rush to snap-up a development fund.
- James Hall
Elizabeth Bay residents fight developer for more – not less – density
Fortis’ $214 million project in a Sydney inner harbourside suburb has put it at odds with city authorities and locals opposing more gentrification.
- Michael Bleby
HAFF housing fund applications top 50,000 in first round
The government revealed demand for funding under the affordable and social housing program surged.
- Michael Bleby
May
- Opinion
- Opinion
Let business play a role fixing Australia’s affordable housing crisis
ASX-listed Aspen has found novel ways to combat the cost inflation plaguing the sector. It’s time to scale via M&A and create sustainable operators.
- Justin O'Brien
China unveils dramatic steps to rescue property market
China announced a slate of measures aimed at reinvigorating its ailing property industry and stabilising growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
- Updated
- Amanda Wang
Imported tradies need to live somewhere too
To fix the housing shortage the government needs to train many more building industry workers at home as well as fast-tracking visas for foreign tradies, builders say.
- Michael Bleby
The winners and losers in the federal budget
Green business, public servants, renters and taxpayers are budget winners while consultants, the Reserve Bank and tax cheats do poorly.
- Nick Bonyhady, Maxim Shanahan and Campbell Kwan
- Analysis
- USA
Why Australia’s housing crisis has gone global
Households are going backwards in 13 developed economies, including Australia, as record immigration runs into a housing crisis.
- Updated
- Randy Thanthong-Knight, Swati Pandey and Tom Rees
- Exclusive
- Property development
Red tape puts Labor’s $10b HAFF housing plan at risk
The federal government, set to fall 300,000 homes short of its 1.2 million target, faces another hurdle over workplace health and safety certification.
- Michael Bleby
$10b housing fund should be doubled, community providers say
The massive response to the federal government’s first tender to develop affordable and social rental housing shows more funding is needed, developers say.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- Commercial real estate
Addenbrooke sells site meant for controversial land swap deal
The property developer has sold the Sydney site that sparked a reshuffle of the A2B board, ending an almost three-year saga.
- Campbell Kwan
April
New housing starts sink to 11-year low; target behind by over a third
The latest figures show Australia’s largely market-driven system of housing development is falling further behind in meeting the country’s needs.
- Michael Bleby
The questions real estate agents avoid (but buyers must ask)
Be aware of the many hidden costs associated with buying a new home.
- Duncan Hughes
March
First tender surge for Housing Future funds
Public housing waiting lists make it crucial to expand funding beyond an initially planned 8000 homes, investors say.
- Michael Bleby
