Home-sharers, opportunist apartment owners and lobbyists of online holiday rental agencies are the clear winners in the report into holiday rental legislation to be tabled in parliament today.
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Apartment prices to fall up to 15 per cent, economist warns
Apartment prices are headed for a major shakeout that will almost certainly create contagion into the broader property market, predicts economist Stephen Walters.
Historic New Farm home sells for $5.1m
New Farm’s prestigious ‘Elystan House’ has sold for a princely sum, trading for $5.1 million.
Spend Halloween at Dracula’s castle in Romania – coffins and all
Sleep in a coffin? Don’t mind if I do!
Cranbourne: plenty of new houses but could it be Melbourne’s best-kept secret?
We all know The Tan. It’s in South Yarra and surrounds the Royal Botanic Gardens. Step off the track and through the imposing gates and you’re in a world of arboreal excitement.
Home building on the rise in Geelong
A strengthening housing market is proving the catalyst for increased home building in Geelong which is contributing to an improved performance by the local economy.
Hollywood-style compound in Upper Brookfield looking for a buyer
A compound more suited to Hollywood than Brisbane, this architect-designed masterpiece is up for sale now.
You Wish: a classic homestead in Victoria’s Little River
With its wool shed and district vistas, welcome to the most classic of country estates.
How the housing boom is remaking Australia’s social class structure
The relentless housing boom in Australia’s cities, especially Melbourne and Sydney, is often framed as an intergenerational conflict in which younger generations are being priced out of the market by baby boomers. However, sociological theories of social class suggest parents’ wealth and social status will eventually be passed onto their children anyway.
Tenants get the upper hand when renting a three-bedroom home in Sydney’s south west
In some suburbs, landlords are dropping their rent to secure a tenant.