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Hong Kong's government is considering a plan to increase population density in some areas by 20 per cent to address a chronic housing shortage.
Topics: population-and-demographics, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing-industry, government-and-politics, housing, hong-kong, china, asia
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A longstanding, although marginal, idea about an "Asian invasion" has been remobilised through the affordable housing debate, writes Dallas Rogers.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs
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A Mackay builder says he would like to see changes made to the certification process for the construction of new homes.
Topics: building-and-construction, urban-development-and-planning, housing-industry, local-government, mackay-4740
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Construction on the state's largest housing project near Branxton in the Hunter Valley officially gets underway this morning.
Topics: housing-industry, branxton-2335, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
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Amid increasing concerns about property spruikers, state and territory governments are gathering information on 15 property dealers Australia-wide.
Topics: consumer-protection, consumer-finance, housing-industry, australia, wa, vic
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Australia is a hotspot for Asian property investors, ranking most popular for Indonesians, and second most common investment destination for Malaysians, Singaporeans and Indians.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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YWCA South-West Queensland says it is becoming increasingly difficult for first home buyers to get into the local housing market.
Topics: housing-industry, activism-and-lobbying, housing, toowoomba-4350
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The Master Builders Association (MBA) says it has "grave" concerns about the certification process after receiving complaints some homes in the Mackay region in north Queensland are not being built to cyclone standards.
Topics: housing-industry, emergency-planning, states-and-territories, building-and-construction, mackay-4740
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The head of Europe's central bank says monetary authorities should keep an eye on developing asset price bubbles, but raising interest rates is not the best way to address such problems.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, australia, european-union
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State and Territory governments are monitoring the activities of 15 so called "property spruikers" across the nation.
It's part of a National Action amid growing concerns about people setting up rent-to-buy and vendor finance deals. Consumer advocates say the deals often involve vulnerable people and high pressure selling tactics.
Topics: housing-industry, consumer-finance, corruption, australia
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The new owner of the old Alice Springs bowling club will develop the site.
Topics: regional-development, housing-industry, urban-development-and-planning, alice-springs-0870
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The Real Estate Institute of New South Wales has played down concerns South Dubbo will see drastic changes under a rezoning plan.
Topics: local-government, housing-industry, dubbo-2830
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The Greens are urging another rethink of South Australia's electoral donation laws because a major land developer is hosting an election fundraiser for Liberal leader Steven Marshall.
Mr Marshall has rejected any suggestion Liberal Party policies can be influenced by donations.
For four years the people of Roseworthy, north of Adelaide, have been waiting for the SA Government to decide on a housing development plan for the area, a decision the Liberals now are promising to fast-track if they win the election.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, liberals, greens, political-parties, electoral-system, housing, urban-development-and-planning, housing-industry, roseworthy-5371, sa, adelaide-5000, port-pirie-5540
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There has been a dramatic fall in the number of property buyers receiving the New South Wales first home buyers grant.
Topics: housing-industry, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, sydney-2000, nsw
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A new report shows the ACT has the fastest growth in approvals for medium density housing of all the states and territories.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, housing-industry, canberra-2600, act
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Interest was muted as the first blocks of land at Tralee went up for sale on the NSW/ACT border.
Topics: industry, regional-development, urban-development-and-planning, housing-industry, housing, jerrabomberra-2619, canberra-2600
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Chinese interest in Australia's housing market up 370 per cent in one year.
Topics: housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia, china
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A US economist warns Australia's real estate market is in a bubble and is set to burst.
Topics: industry, housing-industry, australia, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000
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A Sydney real estate agent has been jailed for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her client's trust accounts, as fair trading authorities crack down on what they say is a growing problem.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, fraud-and-corporate-crime, police, housing-industry, courts-and-trials, australia, nsw, vic, qld
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North-West MP Vince Catania says the town of Onslow will suffer if a proposed housing development does not eventuate.
Topics: regional-development, housing-industry, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, housing, onslow-6710, karratha-6714
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Consumer sentiment has slipped back to its pre-election levels, with optimists now barely outnumbering pessimists.
The major triggers for the fall have been poor expectations by households about the outlook for the economy, amid manufacturing closures and an expected tough federal budget in May, and a related expectation unemployment will rise.
On top of that, well over 50 per cent of households now expect interest rates to rise within the next year, which is starting to dent high levels of confidence in the housing market.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, retail, australia
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The Community Housing Coalition has described as "alarming" the cost of home ownership, and said it is locking out first home buyers.
Topics: housing-industry, perth-6000
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People spend a lot of time worrying about housing bubbles bursting, and the experience of America during the global financial crisis shows us why.
From March 2007 to March 2009, the USA housing market fell around 30 per cent. Housing prices on average across that country have since recovered to 2004 levels.
Thankfully, despite the fears of some, the Reserve Bank doesn't think the same thing is about to happen in Australia. It sees recent price rises as just the standard response to the declining interest rates.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, housing, federal-government
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Job cuts in the public service appear to be keeping a lid on Canberra's house prices according to new figures.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, housing-industry, canberra-2600, act
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The value of Australia's homes has passed $5 trillion as investor borrowing hits a decade high.
The Bureau of Statistics housing finance figures for December show investors now account for 39.8 per cent of the value of home loans issued in December, the highest proportion since late 2003.
Separate ABS figures show that influx of investor cash helped push Australian capital city house prices 9.3 per cent higher last year, with Sydney's 13.8 per cent price rises by far the steepest.
The ABS says the total value of Australia's 9.3 million residential properties hit $5.02 trillion by the end of last year, with an average price of $539,400.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, housing-industry, australia, nt
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