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Retailers such as discount supermarket giant Aldi are struggling to secure the warehousing and distribution facilities they need to serve a growing Sydney popul…
LAND
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The asking price for a vacant lot in new Perth housing estates is soaring with some clocking a 20 per cent increase over the past three months alone according t…
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A council in Sydney's east wants to introduce an empty homes levy on properties which remain uninhabited for a year or more.
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A Perth family is finally set to sell their large parcel of land to developers after holding out for years while an entire suburb was built around them.
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If you squat in a vacant property, does the law give you the house for free? Well, sort of (ABC News)
Outrageous as this may seem, the law encourages caring for land. If you fail to take responsibility for your land, and someone else does, you can lose it.
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Home buyers in 10 Melbourne suburbs are paying more than $10,000 per square metre of land.
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A new report shows NSW land values fell in 2023 despite house prices rising throughout the year.
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Land tax on vacant homes in Victoria, if they are unused for three years, is set to triple.
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A huge slice of Sydney property has sold for around 4 per cent of the cost of the average home in a jawdropping sale that ‘will never be seen again’.
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A Gold Coast man says he had his home ownership dreams shattered after a developer used a termination clause to rip up his vacant land contract.
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Buyers snapping up tiny properties as they try to break into the housing market or downsize.
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The Reserve Bank’s recent rate rise is being felt most keenly in Victoria’s hot house and land market, where land sales are coming off the boil.
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