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Hidden black mould revealed after renters pulled a couch from the wall, submitted to the Facebook page Don’t Rent Me.

Aimee’s rental is making her sick. One in three homes have the same issue

Despite minimum-standard regulations introduced by the Queensland government last year, tenants have limited options when homes become unsafe to live in.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Aaron Christie-David, the managing director of Atelier Wealth Mortgage Brokers, said first home buyers are sitting on the sidelines.

FOMO has hit the housing market, and it’s just the beginning

House prices are on the move and buyers have a sense of urgency – some would say panic – to get in before they are priced out.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Demand has swelled at the same time as a construction slowdown has hit WA’s housing industry.

WA ‘not doing enough’ to fix worsening housing crisis

Experts have urged the state and federal government to act urgently, after a new report revealed the state of WA’s housing market was worse than ever.

  • Holly Thompson
It’s the rental market where the supply shortfall bites hardest.

Australia’s housing crisis has been laid bare – and there’s one major factor to blame

This crisis has been years in the making and its consequences are being felt by hundreds of thousands of renters, first home buyers and, increasingly, middle-income earners on good salaries.

  • Alan Duncan
A makeshift homeless encampment under the Riverside Expressway in Brisbane CBD.

Tents have disappeared, tunnels cleared. Where are homeless sleeping?

As winter settles in, advocates are again asking for all levels of government to step up.

  • Courtney Kruk
The media rent price in WA is now $613 a week.

‘Poverty trap’: Perth is now the second most expensive city to rent in Australia

New data shows a sharp increase in the price of rentals in WA over the past six years, making it one of the most unaffordable places for tenants in the country.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Renters in some areas would find it cheaper to pay a mortgage.

Suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a home than rent

If they’re in the fortunate position of having a deposit, residents of some areas could cut their housing costs by paying a mortgage.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Rental listings in blueribbon Bellevue Hill remain scarce.

The sought-after Sydney suburb that’s the same price as five years ago

Despite the higher price point, tenants are sensitive to housing costs and not spared from cost-of-living pressures.

  • Alice Uribe
Vikesh Ajith and Rachael Hewitt found their former home available for short-term stays.

He was evicted. Then he saw his home on Airbnb

Fewer than 80 fines have been issued to dodgy landlords and agents by a renting taskforce, which some say barely scratches the surface.

  • Jim Malo
Brisbane inflation.

Cost of food, fuel and housing is soaring in Brisbane. The graphs prove it

It is getting significantly more expensive to fill a shopping trolley in Brisbane, where food prices have been climbing more than any other Australian capital city.

  • William Davis

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