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Housing deposit scheme opens doors, but cost fear looms
Owning a home has been out of reach for many Australians for many years but a new federal deposit scheme starting today aims to give first home buyers a leg up.
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Low rates, supply squeeze create home price rise mayhem
The great Australian dream of property ownership continues to resemble a nightmare for many buyers as prices surge and the supply of homes dwindles.
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Slump in apartment approvals drags home building down again
Unit approvals fall by a third in August, weighing heavily on government hopes that higher density homes will help solve the housing crisis.
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Apprentice tradies are walking away before finishing training
The 115,970 construction industry apprentices who are in training is 4.6 per cent fewer than a year earlier, according to latest figures.
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Property tax concerns at highest levels on record, survey says
Findings show the way new homes across the country are taxed has to change, according to the Property Council.
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Renewables need to beat the rural ‘grapevine’ to thrive
A rural town has avoided ideological arguments on the renewable energy transition by encouraging developers to invest in health, housing and education.
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Generational wealth transfer will mean surge in work for conveyancers
Financial planners dealing with Baby Boomers eager to help their kids onto the property ladder highlight the amount of business heading conveyancers’ way.
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RBA boss takes swipe at queries on card surcharges
Frustrated Michele Bullock questions claims consumers could be worse off as a result of the Reserve Bank’s efforts to curb card surcharges.
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Property markets yet to twig to looming disaster losses
Hundreds of billions of dollars could disappear from property values due to climate change but it’s taking time for the worsening threat to influence buyers.
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Tradie shortfall a major factor in housing crisis
Aging skilled workforce and competition from other industries holding back residential house builds.
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Australia’s looming landfill crisis is fixable but …
Australia's landfill woes need to be met with mandates to push manufacturers and consumers towards reusable not recycled products, experts say.
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‘Recalcitrant’ councils targeted in planning overhaul
As major state political parties back moves to speed up housing developments, sluggish councils would have no choice but to accept new projects.
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Major overhaul to fix ‘generational housing crisis’
Long-standing, complicated planning processes will be swept aside in an effort to build more homes faster in a state that’s fighting to keep young families.
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Home scheme extension set to open more doors
Lifting the caps in an expanded government home-buying scheme will open the door for more first-time buyers, but it also risks fast-tracking price rises.
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The hard cell: NSW Libs want Sydney jail for housing
Sydney’s Long Bay Correctional Centre, and it’s expansive tract of land on the eastern suburbs coastline, could be the key to solving the city’s housing burden.
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10 Fastest Growing Australian Suburbs in 2025: Beyond Tarneit and Pimpama
Tarneit in Victoria and Pimpama in Queensland became shorthand for Australia’s population boom. In 2025 the momentum has widened. Fresh ABS local‑area figures point to a new wave of growth corridors on the edges of Melbourne and Sydney, with supporting signs in Perth and South‑East Queensland.
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Tree-change migration to regions at lowest level since COVID
Latest Regional Movers Index – which tracks migration from capital cities to the regions – fell by nearly 20 per cent in June.
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Gap in Housing Accord target for 1.2 million homes widening
The 180,500 figure for homes started in 2024-25 is almost 60,000 short of the government’s annual target of 240,000, Master Builders Australia Shane Garrett says.
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Big slump in building approvals led by apartment drop, new data shows
Property Council’s Matt Kandellaars says drop in home building approvals during July was disappointing.
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UPDATED: Proceeds-of-crime pad auctioned for $9.4 million
Sub-penthouse in swanky Sydney precinct confiscated as part of long-running investigation into excise fraud involving the import of alcohol.
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REAL conversations so important to stop property scams
We need to be reinforcing verbally and consistently that we’re never going to e-mail BSB and account numbers to clients, industry leader Brook Durling says – as new figures show the threat of devastating multi-million-dollar losses is growing.