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Jemimah Clegg is a freelance journalist.

How to turn your $2000 tax cut into $28,000

How to turn your $2000 tax cut into $28,000

Workers will have extra cash in their pay packets from next week, but beware the siren song of “lifestyle creep”.

  • by Jemimah Clegg

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The suburbs where units cost up to $250,000 more than the typical Melbourne home

The suburbs where units cost up to $250,000 more than the typical Melbourne home

Cashed up downsizers and even families priced out of the housing market are driving up unit prices in these highly sought-after locations.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
The Australian cities that are tipped to crack house price records next year

The Australian cities that are tipped to crack house price records next year

Despite higher interest rates, property prices are tipped to grow to new highs, but not all capitals will keep up.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
How much it costs to live in the top Victorian tree-change towns for wellbeing

How much it costs to live in the top Victorian tree-change towns for wellbeing

The wellbeing factor of regional suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income. But it comes at a price.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
‘No doubt we will see more homelessness’: Rents increase at more than six times the rate of wages

‘No doubt we will see more homelessness’: Rents increase at more than six times the rate of wages

Experts say other interim measures, such as rent caps and slowing immigration, are needed to ease the pressure on renters until 1.2 million needed homes are built.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
Why the Australian housing market is worse than our overseas peers

Why the Australian housing market is worse than our overseas peers

While building more homes is a part of the solution, experts say there are other measures that could bring property prices down.

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Unprecedented building cost blowouts leave city dwellers in the lurch

Unprecedented building cost blowouts leave city dwellers in the lurch

Two key statistics indicate that Australia’s housing affordability crisis will continue to worsen, even as governments scramble to ease supply constraints.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
Landlords hike rents nearly 50 per cent since the lows of lockdown

Landlords hike rents nearly 50 per cent since the lows of lockdown

Rental prices for units have skyrocketed since COVID-19 lockdown, and house rents have jumped too. Is any relief in sight?

  • by Jemimah Clegg
Geography hacking: How home buyers can (almost) afford a house on their current salary

Geography hacking: How home buyers can (almost) afford a house on their current salary

Plans to move out of the city and buy a home in the regions come very close to stacking up - if workers can pull it off.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
Priced out: Home buying hurdle nearly doubles in half a generation

Priced out: Home buying hurdle nearly doubles in half a generation

Potential home buyers are facing sky-high savings goals unimaginable even a decade ago, and looking for solutions to bridge the gap.

  • by Jemimah Clegg
Suburbs where landlords haven’t been able to increase the rent for five years

Suburbs where landlords haven’t been able to increase the rent for five years

Amid a widespread rental crisis, a handful of neighbourhoods bucked the trend.

  • by Jemimah Clegg

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