The challenge of finding a new home
Rental growth is starting to ease after four years of runaway rises and prices climbing more than by 40 per cent, according to analysis by both Domain and PropTrack.
Queenslanders have lost out on 33,000 new homes and 10,000s of jobs to investment-killing taxes, according to Property Council executive director Jess Caire - a former conveyancer - who criticised the state government as the peak body released new research.
Australia’s sluggish construction market is facing even more headwinds, industry leaders are warning as new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the number of building approvals heading in reverse.
Ongoing debate over housing policy prompted Treasury advice on negative gearing, according to Jim Chalmers, who spoke out after the Prime Minister denied the government had plans to reform the scheme.
The property investment community is deserting the sector in droves, a new survey by the Property Investment Professionals of Australia shows.
Modest adjustments to property investors' tax concessions will save billions in the federal budget and help fund housing supply, independent senator David Pocock claims.
Despite a marginal rise in confidence among property industry professionals, a new survey shows supply shortages continue to be a big issue.
Despite reports Treasury was looking at changes to negative gearing, Athony Albanese has hosed down suggestions Labor will take it to the election, amid warnings it could hike up rents.
Rental reforms planned for Sydney have market transparency, more options to pay, and fairer pet restrictions on the agenda.
Allowing first home buyers to use their super to purchase a home would be one of the worst policy decisions of the last six decades.
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