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Aidan Devine is the real estate editor for the Daily Telegraph.

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Labor policy divisive ‘on purpose’

A simple policy fix would have ensured wider support for Labor’s negative gearing plan, but the party ran with a problematic policy for a deliberate reason, a real estate insider says.

Real Estate

Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg as the Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the National Press Club in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

PM’s $500m ‘Willy Wonka’ scheme

Industry leaders are calling on the government to urgently clarify a range of issues with a recently announced housing package, saying they doubted the policy had been clearly thought through.

North Shore

Must Byline www.airviewonline.com.au Aerial view of Balmoral Beach and Mosman with the city in the background must credit www.airviewonline.com.au Picture: SUPPLIED

Real estate recovery set to come early

The north shore property market is bracing for an influx of buyers that will signal the return to growth.

Northern Beaches

MANLY DAILY AAP Photo of the crowd in the kitchen at the 122 Parkes Rd Collaroy Plateau on Saturday the 11th May 2019.The old home held in same family since 1962 has had lots of interest with 140 groups inspecting it.Property did sell to young couple Brad Rowan & Elke Dupere Rowan.AAP IMAGE/ Tim Pascoe

Property lift is on its way

A trio of factors this week has signaled the end of the property slump and the beginning of the real estate rise in Sydney. In one region the phones are already ringing hot.

NSW

Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at the Horizon Church in Sutherland in Sydney, Sunday, 19 May, 2019. Approximately 16.5 million Australians have voted the 2019 Election with the Liberal Party retaining Government, with 59.2 per cent of the vote counted, the Coalition appears to have won 74 seats to LaborÕs 66 seats. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Prime Minister’s housing blunder

Cracks are beginning to emerge in the prime minister’s recently announced first home buyer scheme, with a real estate group claiming it could have unintended consequences for housing.

Real Estate

BCM Property Home liftout. Cavcorp Lucent mixed-use residential apartment project at Newstead, in the Gasworks precinct.

10 worst suburbs to buy property

Weakened housing demand and a high supply of new housing has made purchasing property a risky prospect in some popular suburbs, research has revealed.

Sydney

A Caucasian man and woman are buying a house together. They are standing outside the house with a sold sign and their real estate agent. The man and agent are shaking hands.

How much more you can borrow under new changes

Modelling has revealed just how much home buyers’ lending capacity would improve if bank regulators went through with a recently proposed change to how loan applicants are assessed.

Real Estate

Family with two boys (4 and 6 years) standing in front of house with FOR SALE sign in front yard. Focus on sign.

Getting a bigger loan is about to get easier

Australia’s tense lending environment could soon be easing as the country’s banking regulator announced a review of a policy that has been making it difficult for buyers to get into the market.

NSW

426 Murray Street, Hay was for sale at $7000. NSW real estate.

This house is cheaper than a handbag

The property downturn has been serving house hunters up some scintillating deals, including a range of houses priced under $20,000 and one house that’s become Australia’s cheapest home.

Sydney

32 Rawson Rd, Fairfield West. NSW real estate.

Burnt home covered in soot gets buyers fired up

A fire-damaged house in Sydney’s west became an unusual battleground for property buyers when it went under the hammer, selling for a red hot price considering its condition.

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