Renting
The luxury holiday rental that costs $210,000 a week
Wealthy visitors from Australia and abroad are splashing the cash to stay in palatial digs boasting some of Sydney’s most spectacular views.
- Dan F Stapleton
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Suburbs where a $400,000 household income isn’t enough to live
With rents rising much faster than wages, tenants here would need to have gained a 51 per cent pay rise since 2019, just to keep pace.
- Elizabeth Redman
WA renters are forking out more than $37,000 a year. Here’s what needs to change
A new report, from the WA Make Renting Fair Alliance, has found renters across the state are now paying on average $20,000 more per year than they were in 2021.
- Holly Thompson
John has two new pathways to buying a home one day, but there’s a catch
From Friday, first home buyers can get a serious discount on their mortgage repayments, if they fit the right criteria.
- Elizabeth Redman
The WA suburbs where property prices boomed in 2025
A new report reveals which suburbs rose fastest, had the highest rent return, or offered the most accessible entry points – and the suburbs that barely grew at all.
- Holly Thompson
‘Spread so thin’: Single parents among those hardest hit by cost of living pressure
Logan Bell worked two jobs, studied full-time and looked for housing during the three months she spent living in a hotel with her daughter.
- Courtney Kruk
SEQ’s cheap rent pockets shrink despite housing boom
Suburbs south of Brisbane are some of the few places rent is still affordable in 2025, forcing workers further from the CBD.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
Sydney commute times soar as city’s affordable rental ‘deserts’ grow
Low-income renters have virtually no hope of finding an achievable property close to the CBD, forcing them to travel huge distances to find a place to live.
- David Barwell
‘Distressing’ report names Perth the most unaffordable capital for renters
The National Shelter Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index, which compares median rent to average income, found Perth has retained its position as Australia’s most unaffordable capital city.
- Holly Thompson
NIMBYism or valid fears? The 15-storey plan that has this bayside community seeing red
Incensed residents say high-rises will change the character of their village and ruin their way of life. The council argues more housing is needed.
- William Davis
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