Property development
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The three people who will bypass councils to speed up housing supply
With housing completions and approvals heading in the wrong direction, a major reform will give developers a new planning pathway for projects of 100 apartments or more.
- by Max Maddison and Michael Koziol
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Development
Inside the schism that has left Sydney’s ‘mini-city’ housing deal on life support
The plan to sell Rosehill Racecourse has been beset by issues from the beginning, but the divide between the opposing sides is only getting wider.
- by Michael McGowan
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Housing affordability
Voters ‘lukewarm’ on Allan’s housing density push but support making it easier to subdivide land
Overall, Victorians are happy with the government’s housing strategy, but the messages need to be communicated well, research shows.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Perth
Planners shutdown bid for $500m South Hedland FIFO, tourism hub
It’s a Pilbara town of sprawling camps occupied by some of the state’s biggest miners, but the state’s planning body has rejected plans for a new transient worker and tourism mega-hub worth $500 million.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘No longer viable’ to build apartments in sprawling Perth
Perth’s urban bloat is widening, and the property lobby says it cannot get the workers to make starting any apartment projects worth it. Is Metronet to blame?
- by Emma Young
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Housing crisis
How nearly 50,000 homes are getting stuck in Sydney’s planning pipeline
New analysis shows there are 47,536 approved dwellings that have not progressed to construction. Greater Sydney needs 53,000 dwellings built every year.
- by Max Maddison
‘Not asking enough’: Four ways Perth homeowners are underselling
One property strategist says Perth homes are underselling in up to 70 per cent of cases.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Streamlining ‘torturous’ townhouse rules will help, but won’t solve state’s housing crisis
Experts say the state government’s plan to fast-track subdivisions and encourage townhouse developments won’t lead to a rush in affordable and attractive housing.
- by Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
The remarkable rise of build-to-rent in Melbourne
Five years ago, build-to-rent housing didn’t exist in Melbourne. Now, the number of new build-to-rent apartments is set to overtake new build-to-sell apartments.
- by Adam Carey
Opinion
Inside China
Tight US election casts a shadow over China’s economic planning
Xi’s key policymakers are meeting to discuss a large fiscal stimulus package, knowing that the US election outcome could have threatening implications.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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