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Australia isn't building enough properties to catch up to demand.
POPULATION
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There are a few tactics parents can use to ensure their kids are motivated and in a good position to jump onto the property ladder.
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Australia’s expensive property market has been blamed on high population growth, few large cities and sprawling low-density suburbs, rather than low interest ra…
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Record-low interest rates led to a population boom in first home buyer strongholds.
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Property prices are always in the headlines. But we hear less about the profound ways housing trade-offs shape our big cities and influence important life choic…
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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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Regional Victorian house prices have skyrocketed over the past year, and almost every regional council area has recorded double-digit property price growth, new…
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The highest regional population growth in Western Australia was in Busselton and surrounding towns, which recorded a 3 per cent growth.
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Migration away from Australian capital cities remains 15% higher than it was two years ago.
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Legislation passed on Friday (2 June) means first-home buyers in New South Wales will be granted increased stamp duty exemptions and concessions but will it be enough to turn renters into buyers?
While paying off a mortgage is usually more expensive than renting, that balance is shifting as rents soar and a new report reveals 17 suburbs around Australia where it is now cheaper to buy than rent.
Australia's three biggest cities are making progress towards regaining the lost ground their property markets conceded in the wake of the pandemic.
The Gold Coast is awash with short-term rentals, driving long-term rental yields to very high levels and providing temptation for property investors seeking cashflow and other buyers escaping the rent hike cycle.
The property clock is ticking towards noon for many regional property markets listed as being in a capital growth phase but only one state capital was seen as being in a growth period.
Concrete is everywhere yet its use comes at an alarming environmental price, but new production techniques and alternative materials could help cure the cancer that concrete represents for the planet's health.
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Australian property prices look to be on a rocketing path, with first home buyers, low-interest rates and FOMO (fear of missing out) fueling the demand for the start of 2021.
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