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Home buyers would need to earn up to $90,000 more than they did early last year to afford to buy a median-priced house as rising interest rates slash buyer budg…
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Australian housing wealth is meaningless, destructive and fundamentally changing our society (The Guardian)
High-priced homes do not create wealth, Alan Kohler says, they redistribute it. Now financial success is largely a function of geography, not accomplishment.
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Getting into the property market has become almost impossible for young people, to the point that even cashed-up tradies are struggling to buy and maintain thei…
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Although property prices continue to climb, data reveals it is possible to still buy a home for under $500,000.
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The real estate agent selling a Tasmanian property for $80,000 doesn’t remember a time during his youth when the decrepit Queenstown residence wasn’t vacant.
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Households on median income could afford to buy 13% of homes.
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Sydney unit rents have soared by $145 a week over the past year, putting pressure on household budgets already stretched by other rising costs.
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The Greens and the Coalition have teamed up again to present a vote being taken on the government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund.
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As Aussies battle rising interest rates and a rental shortage, one town has just auctioned off 11 properties for extraordinary low prices.
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In his first column for API Magazine, development expert Greg Devine says developers' margins are tight but 2024 represents an opportunity for progress as building cost pressures begin to ease.
The Real Estate Institute of Australia has named two prominent real estate industry women in the roles of president and deputy president, with former REINSW President Leanne Pilkington taking the helm.
At a time when the household saving to income ratio declined to its the lowest level in 16 years, new data has revealed that home ownership remains the biggest source of personal happiness.
The most recent interest rate hike has had minimal impact on the Brisbane real estate market but there are other pressures acting as obstacles to further price rises.
Improved inflation figures have encouraged the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to hold off on a December interest rate hike.
Commercial property is becoming an investment of choice for a broader cross-section of investors but there are some steps to take to ensure the best prospects of success.
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