The challenge of finding a new home
Archaic minimum lot-size rules need to be fixed if Australia is going to get closer to the National Housing Accord target.
Tom Forrest is CEO of Urban Taskforce Australia, representing some 120 leading property developers and equity financiers. He tells new podcast series Face to Face that developers often get “a bad rap” and offers a mixed-use to help the housing crisis.
One statewide participation plan aiming to speed up community discussions on planning projects in their neighbourhoods.
Advocacy group warns against further taxes as the national vacancy rate is already at an all-time low.
A reform Western Australia’s tenancy bonds process means renters will no longer have to go to court to get their bond back if the landlord withhold payment.
Rising interest rates and living cost pressures mean it will be a tough year for the housing market, and even more so for renters.
The latest home loan interest rate hike has applied even more pressure to homeowners and would-be buyers. The goal of getting into the market is even harder now, none more so than in Western Australia.
Cutting migration is often touted as the solution to improving Australia's housing crisis but researchers say there are more effective ways to fix the problem.
Falling building approvals have put the government further behind its housing supply targets, as Labor weighs up tax changes to ease affordability.
Buyers are turning to regional Australia for housing affordability, but little relief can be found in some of the fastest-growing areas outside the cities.
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