Apr 3, 2025
Building approvals remain steady but well below target
Over the year to February, 177,400 new homes were approved - well below the 240,000 annual target.
HOUSING CRISIS
Australia stepping up to the challenge
Mar 25, 2025
Thumbs up for government’s housing boost in budget
Federal Budget funding for prefab homes and an expansion of the Help to Buy scheme welcomed.
Mar 24, 2025
Auction activity continues to slow despite last month’s rate cut
Are home buyers waiting for more help from the RBA as confidence from the February rate seems to be fading from the housing market?
Mar 19, 2025
Property industry wants housing supply centre of election campaign
We need to take this problem on and the only solution is more homes, industry leaders tell Australian Conveyancer Quarterly.
Mar 19, 2025
New government must grapple with construction workforce and skills shortages
Leading construction bodies want the next government to alter its approach to skilled migration to ease a crippling shortage of tradies.
Mar 19, 2025
Next government must prioritize long term housing policy at election
Housing crisis was building for decades and will take decades to solve if it can be solved, a senior policy expert tells Australian Conveyancer Quarterly.
Mar 19, 2025
Doubling housing supply incentive could help renters
Australia is expected to fall hundreds of thousands of homes short of its housing target but reforms could bring it back up to speed and help renters.
Mar 19, 2025
First-home buyers need more than a rate cut, banks say
A recent RBA interest rate cut has caused a surge in mortgage applications - but not from the group most desperate to get into the market.
Mar 18, 2025
Rental crisis easing but far from over
Days of more than 20 per cent increases for rents in a year look to be over - but the market is still tight.
Mar 18, 2025
Early access to super for first time buyers will send prices soaring
Capital city median prices could rise by up to $92,500 and add $260 a fortnight to a homebuyer’s mortgage, a study claims.
