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, last…
Will Labor’s housing fund recover from its rocky start and fix decades of decline?
It sounded easy enough. Labor would set up a $10 billion fund to build homes for people in…
Short-term stays are swallowing up housing stock in these WA coastal havens
Tourism is these towns’ biggest breadwinner — but with a housing crisis in full swing, short-term stays are…
Ipsos poll: With MPs returning, Carney government has decade-high approval – National
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government will face the House of Commons next week for the first time since…
Labor MP Sarah Witty owns four houses
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, then new Melbourne MP Sarah Witty’s rental portfolio is looking a…
Labor brings forward homebuyer deposit scheme, welcomes more customer-owned banks to the fold
“More customer-owned banks on the HGS panel will create a more dynamic, inclusive, and competitive market. Ultimately, this…
Hundreds of homes for people with disability sit empty at the expense of NDIS participants and investors
At first glance, driving through the new estates on Melbourne’s western fringe, the houses look ordinary. Single-storey, brick…
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…
If the RBA cuts rates this week, expect property prices to rise (again)
The RBA Board is meeting this week (on Monday and Tuesday) to discuss interest rates. It surprised markets…
Australia’s housing market would crash if these factors aligned
An Australian property market crash may be laughable, but it’s conceivable. Housing is politically sensitive because access to…