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Technology
Cost-conscious Aussies upgrade homes against rising energy costs
Handy Australians facing soaring energy costs did not wait for rebates and weather-proofed their homes during the past year, new data suggests.
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Property
Apartments drive new building approvals
Approvals for new homes rose 10.4 per cent in July, driven by a surge in unit approvals which rose 32.1 per cent during the first month of the National Accord.
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Property
Melbourne in home sales doldrums as spring auction season starts
Increased tax burden and oversupply combine to rein in Melbourne property prices
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Regulation
New minimum rental standards now in place in Queensland
Must-have safety and security measures now in place for landlords and property managers in Queensland.
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Property
Australia’s most desirable suburbs revealed
Suburbs where homeowners hang on to their properties for an average of more than two decades have been listed as Australia’s most desirable.
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Property
Sydney will struggle to get half National Accord housing target
Sydney faces 150,000 homes shortfall because of slow planning, lack of infrastructure and environmental constraints, a new report claims.
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Property
QLD new build outlook brighter than larger states to south
Migration-fuelled home building in Queensland needs to come with more affordable housing, according to the Housing Industry Association.
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Economy
Energy rebates mask sticky inflation
Economists say the slowdown was largely expected and won’t persuade the RBA to cut interest rates any time soon.
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Property
WA property boom attracts scammers
Payment redirection scams in WA are on the rise, with 11 victims losing more to fraudsters in the first half of the year than those who fell prey throughout 2023.
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Property
Student cap welcomed by industry body
Cap on student numbers for 2025 will give investors confidence to construct more purpose-built accommodation – but challenges from high State taxes remain.
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Property
Housing market recovery tied to interest rate outlook
Australia’s biggest home builder is warning that a housing market recovery depends on lower interest rates.
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Property
Prefabs can be answer to housing shortage
The answer to Australia’s housing crisis could come in the form of prefab homes, with a growing number of industry bodies and thinktanks giving their support to the radical solution.
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Property
Mayors urged to pitch for housing infrastructure cash
Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli is urging Queensland mayors to be quick off the mark to win a share of at least $1 billion that the opposition leader has guaranteed for regional housing infrastructure if elected.
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Property
New chief executive for Landgate
Trish Scully – who led the privatisation of the WA land titles register for $1.4 billion – is to be its next chief executive.
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Property
Gold Coast could be more expensive than Sydney by 2027
The Gold Coast could be more expensive than Sydney by 2027, according to Ray White chief economist Nerida Conisbee.
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Technology
Push against NIMBYs in the planning appeals yard
Draft plans for the initial 10 suburban centres – outlined in the Victorian government’s 2023 housing statement – have been unveiled with Premier Jacinta Allan who claimed they will suit local communities.
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Property
It’s top of the ‘Field
It is easy to see why Morayfield – the suburb 45 kilometres north of Brisbane – has been named in one of Australia’s top 100 to watch.
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Property
Werribee is back
Werribee has circled back to the top of the table of hottest suburbs in Victorian as homeowners flock to the growing enclave
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Property
Welcome to boomtown
A quarter of all sales across NSW’s top 20 postcodes were in Marsden Park, highlighting its ongoing dominance – standing at the top of the leaderboard for the past three months.
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Property
Inflation pressure keeps heat on housing crisis
Tackling the housing crisis could keep inflation higher for longer, judging by remarks made by Michele Bullock and her RBA colleagues at the latest parliamentary economics committee hearing.
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Technology
PEXA chief executive Glenn King to retire
PEXA has announced chief executive Glenn King will retire by the end of the financial year as the company admitted having concerns about meeting targets in two major growth divisions.