Cabinet ministers and their opposition counterparts are riding the housing price boom even better than the general population.
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The South Australian budget is underpinned to a large extent by property taxation revenue.
Baby Boomers are often blamed for the housing affordability crisis, but empty-nesters living in large homes are just a symptom of property and policy mismatch.
Australia’s economy is in a “triple crisis”, prompting calls for a royal commission into the future of housing.
First home buyers in NSW would be eligible for $25,000 grants under a new plan to help them get onto the property ladder.
Fair Trading inspectors are out in force in NSW to ensure agents are complying with legislation in place to protect consumers.
Single parents in most major cities in Australia will not be able to afford a home or unit under the federal government’s new 2 per cent deposit scheme.
With more Australians finding it difficult, if possible at all, to break into home ownership, housing affordability is not an issue among the ranks of federal p…
Inflation is the spice of economic life. And the spark’s gone out.
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The start of a new financial year serves as a good reminder for ensuring an investment property portfolio and strategy is performing to its full potential.
The Perth property market’s strong rebound over the past year is showing signs of tempering, with its July growth rate by far the slowest among the nation’s capitals.
Extended lockdowns have shifted the Reserve Bank of Australia into spectator mode, with an expected economic contraction giving it no scope to hike the official cash rate from its current record low.
Brisbane’s snap lockdown is giving agents, investors and prospective homebuyers time to take a breath, but pent-up demand is likely to drive a fast market rebound once the city is reopened.
Declining affordability is starting to slow the nation’s house price growth, but a mismatch between supply and demand will ensure price gains will continue to be recorded across most markets.
The gap between house prices and apartment values has widened to a chasm, with detached dwellings appreciating more than twice as fast as multi-residential over the course of the pandemic.
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