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‘It’s not good’: How home buying hopefuls got knocked out of the market

‘It’s not good’: How home buying hopefuls got knocked out of the market

Australian home buyers are taking on less debt when compared to their income, despite rising property prices across the country.

  • by Jim Malo and Elizabeth Redman

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The type of home that’s more than twice as profitable as its neighbour

The type of home that’s more than twice as profitable as its neighbour

The gap highlights the “haves” and “have nots” even among those fortunate enough to be able to buy their own home.

  • by Elizabeth Redman
The south-east Queensland coastal hotspots having a sea-change boom

The south-east Queensland coastal hotspots having a sea-change boom

A love affair with the surf shows no sign of slowing in neighbourhoods where southerners and celebrities are paying a premium.

  • by Sarah Webb
Surprising NSW regional towns where rents rose most

Surprising NSW regional towns where rents rose most

The median weekly house rent in NSW regional and coastal areas is the highest yet, only $175 a week less than Sydney.

  • by Sue Williams
Revealed: The ‘missing middle’ Sydney housing changes delayed until after council elections
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Revealed: The ‘missing middle’ Sydney housing changes delayed until after council elections

The major “stage 2” changes to permit more low- and mid-rise housing are now slated for the end of 2024 despite earlier indications they would be active by June.

  • by Michael Koziol
How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes

How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes

The government wants 1.2 million homes built over the next five years. But what about the 3.5 million spare bedrooms across the country?

  • by Sue Williams
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A hair on the floor, $400 for sticky-tape residue: Inflated landlord bond claims hitting tenants

A hair on the floor, $400 for sticky-tape residue: Inflated landlord bond claims hitting tenants

Over 80 per cent of landlord bond claims before VCAT have been found to be at least in part spurious, according to a new report.

  • by Jim Malo
Church v state: The battle over density around Sydney’s metro stations

Church v state: The battle over density around Sydney’s metro stations

Everybody agrees Metro West will change Five Dock. But how much? A proposal by the Anglican Church for 20-storey towers has brought the question into focus.

  • by Michael Koziol
‘A diabolical mess’: How did we get into this housing crisis, and how do we get out?

‘A diabolical mess’: How did we get into this housing crisis, and how do we get out?

Hard-won deposits, soaring rents, crippling mortgages, capital gains, negative gearing … What’s to blame, and how do other countries do housing?

  • by Angus Holland and Josh Gordon
‘Bad for the whole of NSW’: Inside the north shore’s NIMBY crusade

‘Bad for the whole of NSW’: Inside the north shore’s NIMBY crusade

Ku-ring-gai Council is taking the state government to court to block its planning reforms. But even in NIMBY central, attitudes about housing policy are starting to shift.

  • by Michael Koziol
‘Largest problem’: Barcelona plans to ban all holiday apartments by 2028

‘Largest problem’: Barcelona plans to ban all holiday apartments by 2028

The boom in short-term rentals in Barcelona, Spain’s most visited city by foreign tourists, means some residents cannot afford an apartment after rents rose 68 per cent in the past 10 years.

  • by Joan Faus