Today
‘YIMBY is a misnomer. They haven’t got backyards’
Love thy neighbour as thyself. Unless they’re on the other side of a contested development application.
Yesterday
Rezoning won’t create affordable housing
Readers’ letters on the Liberals’ housing policy, the social media ban, why Arnott’s should be allowed to fail, political frippery and summing up Richo.
Billionaire Rinehart loses bid for helipad at pink-themed HQ
Perth’s city council has blocked plans to install a private helipad at the billionaire’s five-storey corporate headquarters.
This Month
First home buyers can afford only 12pc of properties
The number of suburbs affordable to first home buyers has diminished considerably, but Australians aren’t giving up on the home ownership dream.
Wentworth Park greyhound track to become green space for 2500 homes
NSW Premier Chris Minns will promise more homes after a warning from Sydney mayor Clover Moore not to backtrack on moving greyhound racing out of the precinct.
How developers are dodging Queensland’s skills shortage
A perfect storm of housing, infrastructure and Olympics construction demand is prompting projects to look beyond the Sunshine State’s borders for help.
‘NIMBYism is a cancer’: Bragg outlines Liberal housing policy vision
In a speech highlighting the Coalition’s housing plan, Andrew Bragg repudiates John Howard’s view that he has never met a person angry about their house price going up.
Wests Tigers’ tale of woe is a Sydney property disaster story
A forced merger, pokies, a casino, grand plans, NIMBY councillors and bad luck. The Wests Tigers’ travail is a property story through and through.
Lendlease faces $100m hit after losing Sydney land dispute
The developer has lost a court battle over its rights to farmland in Sydney’s south-west. The setback comes as it pursues a radical overhaul of its business.
Builders, consumers get insurance overhaul after Porter Davis collapse
The need for a new domestic building cover scheme was laid bare by a damning report by Victoria’s Ombudsman over a string of failures after the 2023 insolvency.
New home for Rinehart’s $10m helicopter hits turbulence
Gina Rinehart’s most senior lieutenant has led an 11th-hour bid to sway the City of Perth council to approve a helipad for her company’s new headquarters.
NSW construction pipeline surges on data centres
The pick-up in new construction is not so much a boom of new work, but developers pushing ahead with projects they had delayed, new data shows.
Sydney’s affordability crisis pushes buyers west of the ‘Red Rooster line’
A grim picture emerges from analysis of where a couple on average incomes can affordably buy a house. Economists say entrenched NIMBYism is one cause.
Brisbane’s median house price tops $1m
The Queensland capital has joined houses in Sydney and Canberra in the seven-digit club. Higher prices are driving housing investment, but not enough, economists say.
Major pub owners in push to build apartments above venues
Long the heart of local community life, pubs and their prize real estate could also help ease the housing squeeze, say the nation’s biggest pub owners.
In an inline sale of 8 units, one vendor managed to get $50,000 extra
Multiple homes sold together can free up land for development and give all sellers more. But what happens when an owner holds out?
November
Sydney land values have jumped. Here’s how your suburb ranked
A year of “modest” increases goes into the mix for council rates and land tax calculations. But the devil is always in the detail for landowners.
Labor flags final 21,000-home push for affordable housing program
A third and final round of the federal government’s affordable housing plan opens in January. The ambitious program has been criticised for its slow rollout.
Demographics means private school fees are destined to rise
Next year, the world’s two population megatrends are coming to a non-government school near you. And it’s going to cost you more.
Australia needs 1.9m new homes now to make housing affordable: HIA
The requirement of an additional 16 per cent of existing residential stock shows the huge challenge facing the country to boost affordability.