The Reserve Bank has set its sights on one tax it says keeps owners of big homes from downsizing and people from relocating for better jobs and pay.
Attempts to speed up housing approvals will come under scrutiny with calls for greater oversight and the exclusion of mines and renewable projects.
In a decision that "won't be met by universal happiness" the first new train station in a decade will sit next to Australia's most expensive housing market.
Australians have been told the housing crisis can't be solved in one fell swoop as brand new inner-city homes are opened for people on low incomes.
Short-term rental hosts would be more likely to leave their properties empty than list them on the long-term rental market to aid supply, a survey shows.
Tax concessions for build-to-rent developments have been extended, in a move that has been welcomed by industry figures.
Developers will get improved guidelines for building their own roads to support more homes as concessions for build-to-rent developments are extended.
A bid to sell a racecourse in Australia's urban heartland to build 25,000 homes has been scratched as eyes turn to the last working port in Sydney Harbour.
The gender pay gap is leaving women with fewer properties and shares than men, says a survey indicating more than four in ten women have no such assets at all.
A state-backed plan aims to create new units essential workers can afford to live in, but officials are yet to reveal how much cheaper the rent will be.
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