Today
China’s enthusiasm for Australian housing cools
Home buyers from China are being squeezed between a slowing economy and high prices for Australian residential real estate.
- Nick Lenaghan
High-income households locked out of half of the housing market
The latest data shows an income of $172,000 is only enough to buy half of the homes on offer in Australia. Four years ago, it would buy 80 per cent of the market.
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- Nila Sweeney
Yesterday
Where cash buyers are splurging billions on property
More than 141,000 residential properties were sold without a bank loan involved in FY24, according to PEXA.
- Nila Sweeney
This Month
Property management rights industry worth $9.4b
Rising real estate values and new developments have underpinned growth of the Queensland-dominated sector.
- Larry Schlesinger
The cities predicted to miss house price downturn
The housing price dip in Sydney and Melbourne has intensified in the recent months, but this may not last long, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
Why Melbourne’s housing market is primed to outperform all capitals
The city’s improved affordability means it could outperform its peers in the next recovery, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
House prices fall in 40pc of Sydney suburbs
The city’s property market downturn is becoming more widespread as stock levels rise, borrowing capacity shrinks and affordability worsens.
- Nila Sweeney
Meet the Australians making money from US real estate
As the dust of the American presidential election settles, a weaker currency and falling prices make luxury property attractive for wealthy foreigners.
- Michael Bleby
Buyers switch to apartments amid affordability crunch
As the affordability of houses worsens, the demand for units and townhouses is expected to increase, fuelling price rises, according to experts.
- Nila Sweeney
RBA rate call kicks delayed spring market into next year
The east coast-dominated housing markets have been holding out hope for relief on borrowing costs. None came on Wednesday.
- Michael Bleby
David Di Pilla’s HMC buys into Lifestyle Communities
The company says it’s ‘early days’, and could increase its stake by a further 4.5 per cent in the developer and landlord of affordable housing for downsizers.
- Michael Bleby
Landlord tax breaks aren’t distorting housing market: Treasury and RBA
The RBA says limiting investor tax breaks would barely affect the housing market, as its analysis shows the average new property investor earns $230,000.
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- Michael Read
Construction workers should be 10pc of migration, big developers urge
That was one of the key messages from a housing roundtable that focused on how to remove roadblocks to increasing the supply of affordable houses
- James Eyers and Campbell Kwan
October
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- Regulation
Borrower claims major private credit firm sent ‘bikies’ to his house
The corporate regulator separately accused Melbourne’s Oak Capital of deliberately avoiding lending rules and making home loans disguised as company loans.
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- Primrose Riordan and Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Leading Indicators
Australia has passed peak property investor
For many around the country, especially Baby Boomers, property investing is a national pastime. But if you look closely, landlord numbers are declining.
- Michael Read
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Union bans stop firms moving in to $1b Sydney CBD office tower
The completion of the 39-storey Parkline Place on Pitt Sreet has been delayed by months, exposing the builder to millions of dollars in extra costs and upsetting high-profile tenants.
- David Marin-Guzman
‘Not convinced’: Chalmers kills off negative gearing changes
The treasurer says expert modelling on tax concessions for property investors show changes would not help the supply side of Australia’s housing crisis.
- Tom McIlroy
Costello backs negative gearing: ‘It’s not a concession’
Both the former treasurer and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton say negative gearing should be upheld as a basic principle of our tax system.
- Campbell Kwan and Nick Lenaghan
Canadian housing investors try to sell to staunch losses
The outlook for landlords has worsened as some struggle to generate enough rent to cover costs.
- Ari Altstedter
Politicians among Australia’s most prolific landlords
Anthony Albanese’s decision to buy a $4.3 million beach house has sparked renewed scrutiny of MPs’ property portfolios. Ten federal MPs own five or more homes.
- Tom McIlroy