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New research suggests Australian rents and house prices could fall if the country adopted less prescriptive planning laws.

Lessons on the housing crisis from across the ditch

New Zealand offers ideas on how to cut rents and make homes more affordable. But there are also warnings about following its super-for-housing policy.

  • Shane Wright

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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
Property investors are looking beyond Sydney.

Suburbs where property investors are buying cheap houses that rise in value

A range of once-affordable suburbs have seen house prices shoot up as out-of-state investors look for better deals than they could get at home.

  • Jim Malo
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
Erskineville offers relative value for inner-city home buyers.

Sydney’s cheapest suburbs within 5km, 10km and 15km of the CBD

Cheap is a relative term, but home buyers can find better value with great restaurants and transport links if they know where to look.

  • Sue Williams
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
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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
Sydney and Melbourne property markets slowed late last year, which prompted some economists to rethink their predictions of growth.

Where house prices will rise fastest during 2025

Despite the effect of higher-for-longer interest rates and already high property prices, a new forecast picks the top performers.

  • Jim Malo
Voters have backed a plan to block foreign investment in the residential property market.

Voters back Dutton pledge to block foreign investors buying Australian homes

Voters across the political spectrum favour further barriers to foreign buyers as a way to help local bidders get into the housing market.

  • David Crowe
Resident John Patmore who has lived in his Paddington boarding house apartment for 17 years.

John will be evicted from his ‘forever home’. He has nowhere to go

He is one of 32 battlers in the Paddington boarding houses that will have locks changed and power cut on February 1 before redevelopment into luxury houses.

  • Sue Williams

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