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House prices are higher than borrowing capacity.

How much you can afford to spend on a house

Even an interest rate cut and first home buyer policies announced in the election campaign won’t necessarily help a typical wage earner to buy the average house.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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Home ownership indisputably makes a significant difference to your ultimate standard of living as a retiree.

Hooray for better housing policy – but don’t forget about retirees

For all the debate about young buyers and tax incentives, we need to make sure older Australians are part of the conversation too.

  • Bec Wilson
Apartment owners Ian Thackeray and Rebecca Kaiser during the walkthrough for the Rochford apartments in Erskineville.

The Sydney apartments that no one ever wants to leave

These inner west units are designed to feel like standalone homes. Little wonder it is hard to buy in.

  • Julie Power
First home buyers.

How can I buy my first home in this economy? Experts rank most popular methods

Will using your super help or harm you in the end? What if I can’t withdraw from the bank of mum and dad? We examine common strategies Millennials and Gen Z use to get into the market.

  • Bronte Gossling

I’ve been here for 40 years. When do I stop being an immigrant?

Immigration is again an election issue. But who do we count as an Australian?

  • Max Jeganathan
A studio for rent in inner-city Darlinghurst available for $305 per week.

Photos reveal shocking reality of housing crisis

Finding a property to rent solo is a pipe dream for tenants on a budget, and listings lay bare the reality of their search.

  • Alice Uribe
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Australians hoping to buy their first property in one of the most expensive housing markets in the world will get $800 million more in assistance.

$800m to sweeten Labor’s deal for first-home buyers

Australians hoping to buy their first property in one of the most expensive housing markets in the world will get $800 million more in assistance.

  • James Massola
Waterloo Metro Station: great transport hub, shame about the lack of commuters living nearby.

The Sydney housing solution that’s hiding in plain sight

Before the state government spends billions of dollars buying other people’s land, they should commit to building more housing on land it already owns.

  • Lucy Hughes Turnbull
Jenson Galvin, 19,  hopes to be able to buy a home in Brighton within 10 years.

This 19-year-old says with hard work, he’ll buy a home in Brighton soon. But for an unpaid performer, the Australian dream is distant

The Age invited a diverse group of young Melburnians to discuss the housing crisis. Some see hard work as a path to buying a home, while others point to the need for more subsidised housing and better transport links.

  • Angus Delaney
Most of Jeff’s mates have already left.

Jeff lived with his mates. Then a developer bought his home, and he has no-one left

Two Paddington boarding houses are the site of a lost battle to stop a developer evicting residents to build luxury housing.

  • Sue Williams

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