Today
Hong Kong arts hub selling land to stay afloat
The redevelopment of a reclaimed area on Victoria Harbour is important as Hong Kong struggles to restore its reputation.
- Shawna Kwan
Why rents and vacancy rates are both falling
Tight rental vacancies typically fuel strong rental increases, but not in the current market.
- Nila Sweeney
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Opinion
We’re more nuanced on negative gearing than five years ago
Disadvantages for investors – and gains for aspiring owners – would be more modest than many expect, if Australia’s property tax regime changed.
- Robert Harley
Ireland hits wealthy with ‘mansion tax’
The introduction of a third band of stamp duty is expected to raise €80 million a year.
- Szu Ping Chan
Chinese home buyers scout showrooms at midnight after stimulus
The swift turnaround in sentiment of retail investors has fuelled hopes that the country’s property market freefall may finally be halted.
- Bloomberg News
This Month
The suburbs where house prices slumped by up to $288k in three months
The pressures of high interest rates and poor affordability triggered a decline in median house values in some of the country’s most expensive markets.
- Nila Sweeney
- Updated
- Home loans
CBA’s Comyn backs APRA’s mortgage buffer rules amid intense criticism
The chief executive of the country’s biggest lender said critics – who say the regulations make loans unattainable – were looking for an easy but ineffective fix.
- Updated
- Michael Read and Lucas Baird
High rates, low confidence - and tax cloud - hit housing pipeline
Australia’s need for new housing is intense, but in a market where feasibilities are “challenging”, that’s not translating into new homes.
- Michael Bleby and Nila Sweeney
- Analysis
- Home loans
Buffer or blocker? Why APRA’s serviceability rule is so controversial
CBA boss Matt Comyn has defended APRA’s prudential settings from political attacks, saying housing policy must focus on supply.
- James Eyers
Canada’s housing affordability crisis to linger ‘for a decade’
Interest rates are just one factor keeping Canadians out of housing and cheaper money alone won’t shift the dial, experts say.
- Promit Mukherjee
Ontario Teachers, Hines buy two BTR projects in Brisbane for $350m
Despite headwinds in the build-to-rent sector, institutional investors remain interested and a wave of consolidation is under way.
- Michael Bleby
China removes curbs on homebuyers, sparking stock market surge
Officials are trying to reverse a grinding property downturn and broader slowdown in growth that has afflicted every corner of the Chinese economy.
- Alexandra Stevenson
A 7000-year-old city emerges as a haven from Dubai’s sky-high rents
Sharjah is beginning to lure investors less than two years after passing a law that allowed foreigners to buy property in select areas of the emirate.
- Zainab Fattah
Sydney’s home values on course to fall in the coming months
The sharp rise in listings along with high interest rates and worsening housing affordability has slowed price growth across the board.
- Nila Sweeney
September
- Exclusive
- Negative gearing
Labor members want negative gearing changes in ambitious housing plan
Labor for Housing, a national group of members, wants Labor to adopt an 80 per cent homeownership target by 2040.
- Ronald Mizen
Developers head to the regions to deliver housing
Many developers are seeing opportunities to build much-needed housing in regional areas experiencing strong population and economic growth.
- Larry Schlesinger
These newly minted million-dollar suburbs are breaking records
More neighbourhoods are poised to cross the seven-figure median milestone in the coming months as prices continue to rise.
- Nila Sweeney
Jose was priced out of his inner-city home. So were 16,000 others
KPMG data shows rising costs are squeezing out much-needed workers from Sydney and Melbourne’s most sought-after suburbs.
- Campbell Kwan
Melbourne developer snaps up regional sites with plans for 2000 homes
Jinding has bought three sites in regional Victoria and one at Mount Barker outside of Adelaide, where it believes there is strong demand for housing.
- Larry Schlesinger
RBA decision to hold on rates won’t help home buyers: experts
The housing market won’t get much of a boost from the RBA’s decision to keep rates steady, although some investors may be willing to jump in early.
- Nila Sweeney