The art of price baiting — how real estate agents lure buyers to auction
Online, a double-brick, three-bedroom duplex in Sydney’s western suburbs was advertised at $1 million. At auction, the ABC…
Coalition housing spokesman says first home buyer house prices should fall
The federal opposition’s housing spokesman, Andrew Bragg, says “entry-level” house prices need to fall, acknowledging it is a…
Investors and first home buyers flock to property market, driving up prices
Australia’s property market is heating up again, with record auctions over spring, and the return of both first…
What does the average house price get you in regional Victoria?
In figures recently released by Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV), the median price of a house in…
Greece acts on housing crunch as shortages pile pressure on government
With two new tools — social rent and social housing — the Greek government will try to alleviate…
Gen Z are furious at pensioners in big houses – now triple lock could | Politics | News
Here is a generational civil war taking place involving those that have lived much of their life and…
Housing supply without controlling demand suggests National Housing Accord won’t fix affordability
Australia’s national project to fix housing affordability is off to a slow start. Three years into it and…
Experts sound warning over expanded Home Guarantee Scheme as first buyers hold out hope
As the federal government trumpeted its expanded first Home Guarantee Scheme this week, there was one thing on…
Global financial stability risks have not receded, Reserve Bank warns
While the massive fall in share and bond prices in response to Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariff announcement…
Home prices keep rising in ‘seller’s market’ as new property listings below average
Australian property prices have pushed higher again in August, as lower interest rates, rising real wages and buyer…
Bigger properties occupied by smaller households in major housing mismatch, Cotality finds
In a reminder of how broken housing affordability and access is, new analysis highlights a major mismatch between…
As bold economic reform ideas go, an ‘imputed rent’ tax on home owners has precedents
As industry leaders and the federal government prepare for next week’s economic summit, two economists have started a…