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Governor takes aim at tax barrier to economic mobility
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.
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Housing approval plan risks environment, corruption
Attempts to speed up housing approvals will come under scrutiny with calls for greater oversight and the exclusion of mines and renewable projects.
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New railway station to keep 10,000 home target on track
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.
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Airbnb hosts say caps won’t shift them to rental market
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.
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Affordable houses needed as investors get rentals break
Tax concessions for build-to-rent developments have been extended, in a move that has been welcomed by industry figures.
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No end to tax concession for rental unit investors
Developers will get improved guidelines for building their own roads to support more homes as concessions for build-to-rent developments are extended.
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Persistent pay gap widens gender gulf in property and assets
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.
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Essential intervention to provide worker housing boost
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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Economy
House prices expected to rise amid supply challenge
Housing will remain a key policy battlefield at the election with prices expected to continue increasing and efforts to boost supply lagging behind targets.
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Economy
Property dominates wealth but stocks safer than houses
Investors might start looking outside of the property market where most of Australia’s wealth is held, as returns for another sector outstrip housing.
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Homeowners making hundreds a week even without tenants
People who own property might be able to make more than $30,000 a year, if the market is good, simply by holding onto their asset for about nine years.
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Meltdown: Homeowners to be taught about massive heat impact
An unseen, pervasive natural disaster is expected to have a growing impact in coming decades, costing billions of dollars each year.
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State treasurer rattles tin for federal housing support
Federal leaders should be vying to fix the nation’s housing crisis with the offer of “real money” as voters prepare to go to the polls, according to NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey.
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Rent reform on agenda as low-income tenants priced out
Rental reforms planned for Sydney have market transparency, more options to pay, and fairer pet restrictions on the agenda.