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The development at 23 Halifax Street, Macquarie Park.

The Building Commission said this block was ‘at risk of collapse’. No one will tell you how it’s being fixed

A year ago, the developer of these 900 units in northern Sydney was issued with a damning rectification order, but details of the plan to fix it are being hidden from the public. We found out anyway.

  • Anthony Segaert

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While the number of approvals was 3.2 per cent higher in November compared to the same time in 2023, it remained at half the level between 2015 and 2019.

Crunch in building approvals sounds warning for Australia’s housing crisis

The prime minister defended his plan to deliver more than a million houses, saying the overall trend in approvals was upward.

  • Millie Muroi
2024 was a strong year for sales in Perth.

The suburbs at the coalface of Perth’s chronic housing shortfall

The housing crisis is intensifying, says a new paper, revealing a swathe of Perth suburbs where available housing is unable to keep pace with growing demand.

  • Sarah Brookes
Homeowners are left in the lurch when rectification orders are defied.

It’s time for the Building Commission to take a harder line on shoddy builders

Far too many Sydneysiders building and buying new homes are being left in the lurch.

  • The Herald's View
Homes with defective work are often not being rectified in an acceptable timeframe.

Home builders are defying the Building Commission’s orders at an alarming rate

Four in 10 rectification orders issued by the regulator this year have not been complied with but the new watchdog doesn’t think there’s a compliance problem.

  • Max Maddison
This Point Piper home was among the most-viewed listings of 2024.

The head-turning properties that Aussies loved the most in 2024

From a mansion on the water to the ultimate renovation project, these are the most popular homes that came up for sale this year.

  • Emily Power and Orana Durney-Benson
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Sitemate CEO Hartley Pike is a former field engineer with Lendlease who was buried in paperwork before deciding to start a software company that would fix that problem.

Software start-up likened to Atlassian defies funding slump, raising $27.5 million

Australian start-up funding continues to tank, but not for this company, which wants to emulate the success of local tech billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar.

  • David Swan
The Double Bay house owned by the Ireland family since 1978 sold for $35.5 million.

From $1.6 million to $130 million, the best renovator’s dreams of 2024

Despite soaring construction costs, the appeal of the fixer-upper did not lose its shine in 2024. Here are our favourites.

  • Kristy Johnson
Workers pulling together pre-fabricated building parts.

Hopes pinned on pre-fab homes as building pipeline hits $213 billion

A blowout in construction costs since the pandemic continues to weigh on building costs. The government hopes pre-fab homes might ease price pressures.

  • Shane Wright and David Crowe
Cathy O’Connell’s property was damaged by defective plumbing.

‘Three years of sheer hell’: Owners of homes ravaged by defective plumbing fight for compensation

Lawyers and the plumbing industry have called for an inquiry into insurance companies denying plumbing compensation after the issue was raised in a damning report into the Victorian Building Authority.

  • Kieran Rooney

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