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It’s a tough situation for home buyers, with property prices and interest rates remaining stubbornly high.
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When it comes to acquiring the largest source of wealth for most Australians – housing – it’s increasingly a family affair.
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The RBA says a sharp fall in the size of households helped offset the effect of the collapse of immigration on the housing market.
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Led by Anthony Albanese, Labor have made pledges to deliver on several issues. Here is where they stand on the major ones.
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The next federal government is being urged to look to the northern hemisphere for possible solutions to Australia's housing and rental crises.
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More pain is coming to the Australian housing market, a construction insolvency expert has warned.
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Home ownership creates unbalanced growth and deceptive prosperity, while contributing to structural problems.
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Queensland’s peak industry and community bodies are urging the federal government and opposition to convene a national housing summit.
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The value of Australia’s housing market now stands at close to $10 trillion after growing at the fastest annual pace in at least 18 years during 2021.
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Newly appointed president of the Housing Industry Association (HIA) Debbie Johnson spoke exclusively to API Magazine about the challenges facing the building sector and housing industry and her own unique career path.
API Magazine columnist Michael Matusik has lambasted the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) for singling out borrowers as the scapegoat for high inflation and risking a recession.
Limits on rent increases, pet ownership protections and a ban on renters outbidding each other for properties are the hallmarks of a major overhaul of Western Australia's rental laws.
The rental crisis has, in the eyes of many, pitted landlords against tenants but nationwide research suggests most rental arrangements run smoothly, although one state had more fractious relationships than others.
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