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Long-time Kensington resident Simon Harvey stands near some of the Macaulay Road build-to-rent projects.

Build-to-rent ‘loophole’ robs communities of millions for new parks

Councils say the controversial loophole allows build-to-rent developers to escape a green space levy.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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344 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

Park views in Northcote and build-to-rent action in Fitzroy

Developer Time & Place has doubled down in Northcote, buying a site down the road from its $500 million Northcote Plaza project.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Three pink elephant stride atop the colourful Windsor Castle Hotel.

Pink elephants on parade as Windsor Castle changes hands

The bright-green Windsor Castle Hotel, famous for its rooftop pink elephants, has a new owner after its operator went bust just before Christmas.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Jerry Schwartz: We need to give people a reason to come to Sydney.

Hotel billionaire flies high, buying out Sydney Seaplanes

Jerry Schwartz is purchasing a majority share in the business from former owners Aaron Shaw and Ken Gaunt.

  • Carolyn Cummins

What the big parties aren’t telling you about their housing ‘fixes’

We all want the housing crisis to be solved, but as a society, we’ve painted ourselves into a corner. The truth is, there are no easy solutions.

  • Ross Gittins
Sydney rental prices are at record highs.

Confused about ‘affordable housing’? This is what it means – and what it doesn’t

Policymakers often talk about “social and affordable housing”, and ways to boost supply of it. These terms are sometimes used interchangeably but they are, in fact, quite different.

  • Michael Koziol
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Philip Skiba on the terrace of his rental home in Zollikon, Switzerland, with a view of Lake Zurich.

In this country, most people rent for life. Is that what we should all do?

In Switzerland, a lifetime of renting is not considered a personal failure or a shortcoming of the system.

  • Thomas Fuller
Huge population growth and the lack of supply of new housing will see rents continue to rise.

‘Intractable’ problem: Rents predicted to stay higher for longer

Rents are likely to keep rising for the rest of this year with little chance of relief as strong population growth outstrips the supply of new dwellings.

  • John Collett
Build to rent across three cities.

‘Rich kids’ playground’: What’s holding back build-to-rent in Sydney

The economics of build-to-rent development barely stacks up in Sydney compared to Melbourne, which has 10 times the number of such units under construction.

  • Michael Koziol
Living Gems: Stockland is paying $210 million for five land lease community projects in Queensland, including the existing community in Toowoomba.

Stockland cuts home prices, sizes to lure in first-home buyers

The country’s biggest developer of home estates will cut back the size and price of its projects by an average of 20 per cent, seeking to woo first home buyers.

  • Carolyn Cummins

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