This Month
- Opinion
- Property market
The maths justifying rentvesting has changed. Here are the numbers
It’s a popular strategy for building wealth but how does rentvesting stack up after 13 rate rises?
- Kelly Kennedy
Build-to-rent plan risks ‘repelling investors’
Labor has been warned to redesign key elements of its plan to boost affordable rental stock around Australia.
- Tom McIlroy and Campbell Kwan
Deals in build-to-rent market ready for lift-off, says US giant
Build-to-rent housing is potentially a big contributor in efforts to plug the country’s chronic housing shortfall which has sent rents skyrocketing.
- Nick Lenaghan
San Francisco to ban rent-setting software amid gouging worry
The ban opens a new front in a long-running controversy over the role of software in setting rents as an affordability crisis worsens in many American cities.
- Rya Jetha
July
NSW’s eviction rules will trigger landlord ‘exodus’
The NSW government’s proposed ban on evicting tenants without reasonable grounds will spark landlords’ exodus and deprive the state of billions of dollars in investments in the rental sector, property investors warn.
- Nila Sweeney
NSW Premier Chris Minns dodges a fight over Palestine
The Labor leader promised new protections for renters and gig-economy workers at the party’s first conference in power in NSW after 12 years.
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- Aaron Patrick
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
Tenerife waiters forced to live in tents amid tourist-driven property boom
Low-paid service workers who are vital to the tourism industry are being squeezed out of the market because of the boom in holiday rentals.
- James Badcock
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
Rents in Sydney, Melbourne are starting to come down
New figures show asking rents plateauing or even falling in some markets after several years of sustained increase.
- Michael Bleby
London’s sky-high home rents finally growing slower than wages
Rental growth in the UK capital matched the slowest year-on-year growth among the regions, with only Wales seeing a similarly small rise.
- Tom Rees
Meet the mayor who sees Airbnb as an agent for good
It’s better to have a short-term rental in a house that’s been refurbished than to have a ruin, says the head of Portugal’s second-largest city.
- Joao Lima
June
Pocock, Tink push for 10-year housing and homelessness plan in law
Independent ACT senator David Pocock and teal MP for North Sydney Kylea Tink want a 10-year housing and homelessness plan enshrined in legislation to create certainty.
- Ronald Mizen
Online lectures at double speed: what uni is really like in 2024
Domestic students are being held back and international students aren’t getting what they need, says one expert. Universities know this. Why aren’t they doing more?
- Gus McCubbing and Julie Hare
CBA unveils aggressive business banking strategy to take on Macquarie
Among measures outlined by the bank is a plan to target $20 billion in deposits real estate agents hold for renters, a niche dominated by Macquarie.
- Michael Bleby, James Eyers and Lucas Baird
Insurance for new Victorian home builds to jump by 65pc
The Greens-controlled council is one step closer to imposing different rates for landlords and owner-occupiers after passing a motion on Wednesday night.
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- Gus McCubbing
This council is mulling doubling rates for landlords
A Greens-led Melbourne council is mulling charging landlords rates four times higher than owner-occupiers to help more first home buyers into the market.
- Gus McCubbing
Rental homes hoovered up by US giant in bet on UK housing shortage
The Blackstone deal is the latest sign that Britain’s rental sector is attracting greater levels of investment from private equity groups and pension funds.
- Melissa Lawford
May
Baby Boomers are loving the ‘freedom’ of renter life
Typically, those who don’t own a home worry it might be detrimental to their financial future. However, more Baby Boomers are in favour of renting.
- Katherine Doherty
$300 off every household’s power bill in cost-of-living cash splash
In addition to a tax cut from July 1, every household will receive an electricity bill discount as part of a $7.8 billion cost-of-living package.
- Ronald Mizen and Maxim Shanahan
