This Month
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
We need land-less mortgages, Mirvac CEO Campbell Hanan says
Australia’s crippling housing affordability problem is shaking up postwar norms about ownership. It’s also prompting a rethink about financing.
- Michael Bleby
The zoning tweak that could deliver 20,000 new homes in Sydney
Faith-based groups control almost 2500 parcels land across the state, of which almost 750 are within walking distance of train stations and shops
- Samantha Hutchinson
These micro apartments go for $395 a week. Renters can’t get enough
The German-inspired “micro” apartments are in one of the city’s hippest suburbs. And renting for $395 and $440 a week.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Perfect homes to revive Sydney’s ‘missing middle’ and pacify NIMBYs
NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully has a medium-density vision for parts of Sydney. He’s also making headway with a raft of councils on lifting new home targets.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Crime and cost of living will decide the battle for Dunkley
Voters in the crucial Dunkley byelection have two things on their mind – crime and the cost of living.
- Gus McCubbing