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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

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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
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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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
Sydney housing.

‘Nothing off the table’: Libs offer rare olive branch to help Labor fix housing crisis

The NSW Coalition vowed to work with, not against, the Minns government to solve the housing crisis. What are their ideas? 

  • Alexandra Smith
NSW Premier Chris Minns

‘We’re the worst’: Controversial planning reforms back on the table

Major changes pursued by the previous government were abandoned partly because of Labor’s vocal opposition to them.

  • Michael McGowan

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