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Property investors are turning to new house and land packages.

The new type of home that property investors are choosing

The off-the-plan apartment boom of the mid-2010s is long over, but investors are piling into another relatively affordable opportunity.

  • Elizabeth Redman

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The ark house in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Extraordinary life-sized Noah’s ark for sale (animals not included)

The new owner can live on a hill, look out over the ocean and get the impression the building is floating.

  • Orana Durney-Benson
Perth’s building industry is unable to keep up with demand.

Why building a house in Perth is so slow

A complicated and slow approval process, lack of innovation, a fragmented industry dominated by small players and difficulties in attracting and retaining workers are all issues that have impacted productivity.

  • Sarah Brookes
The government has approved the revised “Mod 9” proposal for Central Barangaroo.

Plans for the empty block at Barangaroo have been approved. But the wait’s not over yet

Luxury apartments, a hotel, shops, offices and eateries will be built on the harbourfront west of Sydney’s CBD after years of controversy.

  • Megan Gorrey
Darren and family Donna, Summer 9, Ruby 7, Dylan 7, at their home in Ryde.

Darren’s defect-riddled Sydney home had no roof for six months. Now he’s $600,000 short

The state government-run insurance scheme, the Home Building Compensation Fund, was designed to help families such as the Ayres. The reality shows the safety net is too small.

  • Max Maddison
Beavers use logs, mud and vegetation to build dams that slow, spread and store water.

Beavers finish seven-year dam project in two days

Despite a seven-year planning process and successfully securing the funding, the Czech Republic’s dam plans went nowhere. Until the animal workers arrived.

  • Harriet Barber
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George Khouzame and Chaza Khouzame.

Where’s George? The missing builder, the dumped waste and the $200,000 fine

George Khouzame came to the spotlight when a home he built suddenly collapsed. But that was only the start of it.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Anthony Segaert
Demand for housing shapes the banks’ business models.

‘It didn’t make a single worker safer’: Red tape ripped up for Qld tradies

The Queensland government promises less paperwork and fees for up to 50,000 builders and tradespeople in its latest effort to reduce housing strain.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Anthony Albanese has promised $10,000 more for apprentices to encourage more people to take up trades.

‘Get on the tools’: Albanese’s $10k sweetener to try to fix the housing crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will pledge the funds in a major speech on Friday that will also promise help for households on the cost of living.

  • David Crowe
Three VBA staff have now been charged.

Dozens more charged over alleged bribes-for-registration scheme

Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged 28 more people, months after The Age revealed three VBA staff had been stood down after IBAC raids.

  • Lachlan Abbott

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