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Apartments will boost housing numbers – if they’re viable
Conditions are improving and developers are dusting off plans and preparing new projects. But it’s not yet clear if they will all go ahead.
- Michael Bleby
Australian farmland an ‘unbelievable’ opportunity for super funds
Proterra’s Becs Willson says it’s not too late for super funds to invest in the agricultural sector, where land scarcity and food shortages are driving strong returns.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Housing is eating the economy in countless ways
Australia’s housing woes are causing policymakers, investors and households to make decisions they might not ordinarily make. But to fix it, we need to escape a vicious cycle.
- James Thomson
Build-to-rent sector faces wave of consolidation
Rising costs and limited capital could force some operators in the sector to exit the market.
- Nila Sweeney
Offices are back – except if they’re out in the suburbs
The country’s most experienced real estate executives and investors warn that low-grade towers are unlikely to ever recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Michael Bleby
September
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
‘End of WFH nonsense’ not the only factor in office property fightback
The office property market is deeply divided between the assets no one wants and the jewels that are in short supply.
- James Thomson
Morgan Stanley’s Tim Church awaits real estate M&A’s ‘big thaw’
The investment bank’s veteran real estate operator says expectations of impending interest rate cuts and a desire to deploy capital is getting deals going.
- Jemima Whyte
AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda reveals his luxury apartment side-hustle
The businessman has said plenty about the prospects of his data centre company, but has not spoken before about his high-end real estate development.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Di Pilla prepares to break IPO drought with mystery fourth float
The rise of private capital is one of the big forces in markets globally. That doesn’t mean listed markets have to be left behind, says the HMC Capital boss.
- Anthony Macdonald
Property investors lash Labor’s plan to cut international students
The federal government intends to reduce the number of overseas admissions by 30 per cent, which the real estate sector says is short-sighted.
- Michael Bleby
The key to diversity is company culture: Khuda
Robin Khuda says AirTrunk is succeeding in diversity because it's embedded in its culture.
- Updated
Power crisis is as big as Australia’s housing crisis: Charter Hall
The lack of reliable energy is already hitting industrial property assets and will hit harder as investment ramps up in data centres, the industry warns.
- Michael Bleby
Density must go up to address housing supply challenges: economist
Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters tells the Financial Review Property Summit that an important part of the housing supply fix is increasing household size.
- Updated
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What we missed in the AirTrunk frenzy
AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda is thinking bigger than his own company. He says the staggering growth prospects for data centres can change the Australian economy.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Labor has targeted the right housing supply side solutions
The key now is execution and accountability across all levels of government to give more young Australians the opportunity to share in the dream of home ownership
- The AFR View
Substantial rate cuts needed before buyers will return: experts
Even a 0.25 percentage point reduction in the cash rate would have little impact on affordability for most middle and lower income buyers.
- Nila Sweeney
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The $6 trillion time bomb hanging over the housing crisis
Surging construction costs and house values have priced too many younger buyers out of the market. And changing demographics mean time for action is running out.
- James Thomson
Everybody knows someone impacted by unaffordable rent
Housing Trust managing director Michele Adair says the rental crisis is no longer the exclusive concern of "bleeding heart" lefties. We are all impacted.
- Updated
Lendlease chief says critics ‘got it 80 per cent right’
Under pressure from major investors like John Wylie and David Di Pilla, the country’s largest property group is selling more than $4.5 billion in assets
- Michael Bleby
- Updated
- Construction
Developers warn creeping costs making all but luxury homes difficult
Some of the country’s largest builders say they are pivoting towards properties for older downsizers and wealthy baby boomers to make the margins they need.
- Larry Schlesinger and Michael Bleby
Why Chris Lucas’ new top-end Melbourne venue won’t be a private club
The city’s restaurant king reveals his $45 million plan for a four-level venue known as Batard at the top end of Bourke Street.
- Patrick Durkin
June
High rates forcing indebted home owners to sell: RBA
Highly leveraged borrowers are selling out of property and consolidating their savings into offset accounts, RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent says.
- Michael Read
The next home-building boom is coming
Despite higher borrowing and construction costs, increasing demand for new housing will draw out capital – but not from first home buyers.
- Michael Bleby
Property profits hit 14-year high
The share of profitable home sales would likely increase further in the June quarter as values continue to rise, CoreLogic says.
- Nila Sweeney
Rich Listers sign up Marriott for $500m Gold Coast marina project
Marriott will operate the new Marina Mirage hotel under its Luxury Collection brand after signing an agreement with developers the Makris family.
- Larry Schlesinger