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Mortgage brokers say

Home loan size balloons to record high, eclipsing $800,000 in NSW

The size of the average Australian home loan has jumped despite interest rate rises punishing borrowers and house prices cooling in some markets.

  • Millie Muroi

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People with HELP debts may be able to borrow more or find it easier to get a mortgage under new government plans.

Banks told to ignore student debt when weighing up home loans

Millions of Australians collectively carrying more than $43 billion in student debts have faced problems getting a mortgage. Now they may have a chance to buy a home.

  • Shane Wright
Many renters have given up on the dream of owning a home.

Why I traded saving for a house to ‘doom spend’ on an overseas holiday

Every person my age who I know who has a house had help from their parents. We’re now living in an inheritocracy, so I’m going to live a little.

  • Simon Taylor
Experts warn lower home ownership rates will make poverty among retirees worse in coming decades.

Boomers are enjoying their retirement – unless they’re renting

Even as the richest generation, two-thirds of Baby Boomer retirees who rent are living in poverty – and the housing crisis will make it worse for future generations.

  • Millie Muroi
The survey suggests attitudes towards higher density development throughout Sydney are softening.

Support is surging for higher density. One area might come as a surprise

Sydneysiders are more likely to back more residences in their own neighbourhood than they were two years ago, but many are unconvinced by apartment living.

  • Megan Gorrey
Prices are coming down in some brackets.

The type of property offering the deepest discounts right now

Even where homes are not necessarily affordable, there are some substantial price reductions on offer to potential buyers.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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UTS students Eryn Yates and Neeve Nagle both live in student housing.

$700 a week to share an apartment: Sydney’s student housing crisis laid bare

Students such as Neeve Nagle are spending more than half their income on rent as the cost of university accommodation skyrockets.

  • Nicholas Osiowy
City dwellers have been considering a tree-change.

How to tell if that tree-change dream house is actually a nightmare

City-dwellers have been moving to the coast and country for a more relaxed lifestyle and cheaper housing, but there can be a hidden cost.

  • Jim Malo
The value of property sales is at a record high.

The most popular suburbs for home buyers in 2024

Australians spent a record amount on property last year and are pinning their hopes on an interest rate cut in February.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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Revolt leaves Rosehill Racecourse ‘mini-city’ deal on life support

A dramatic bid to have ATC chairman Peter McGauran removed is threatening a multibillion-dollar deal for 25,000 new homes.

  • Michael McGowan

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