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Are houses on lots as small as 80 square metres the solution for those comfortable with high-density living but despise apartment blocks?
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, house-and-home, community-and-society, housing-industry, architecture, human-interest, perth-6000
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Media giant Fairfax enters a trading halt pending an announcement about the future of its highly profitable real estate advertising business, Domain.
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Don't believe anyone who claims they have an easy and painless way to make housing affordable; it just doesn't exist, writes the ABC's business editor Ian Verrender.
Topics: housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, housing, tax, australia
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| UpdatedThe housing affordability debate is increasingly becoming the home of dangerous ideas that would do little to help first home buyers and much to destroy the Australian economy, writes Michael Janda.
Topics: housing-industry, consumer-finance, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedImagine if you could walk into a bank and secure a home loan with three years' worth of rental receipts instead of a deposit. It might sound crazy, but it's one suggestion that's been put forward by a federal MP for solving Australia's housing affordability crisis.
Topics: housing, business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedWith the growing popularity of Gumtree and Facebook to find rental listings, younger renters can expose themselves to unseen risk if they choose to rent privately.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, youth, australia
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| UpdatedLet's just say the latest national snapshot of the state of renting a home in Australia does not paint a pretty picture. That's putting it lightly. It's dire.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedThe Commonwealth Bank's move to lift investor home loan rates is the latest step to slow the rampant housing market, but analysts warn if property prices slow too much they might fall over.
Topics: banking, housing-industry, consumer-finance, australia
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| UpdatedPeople with criminal records, single parents and pet owners are facing discrimination when it comes to renting in Tasmania, and there are reports of racial discrimination, a tenant's advocacy group says.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, tas
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| UpdatedThe nation's first national survey of housing tenants reveals renters in Australia have little security and lack the power to demand standard property maintenance.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Iraqi and Syrian refugees are struggling to find places to live in Sydney, with non-profit organisations calling on the Federal Government to step up funding to provide more affordable housing.
Topics: housing-industry, refugees, immigration, government-and-politics, fairfield-2165, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedIt's easy to see why young Australians might feel like they'll never catch up to rising house prices. But there are ideas out there for dealing with the problem. We've listed the pros and cons of some of the top suggestions.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedBankwest confirms that property investors are no longer able to include the tax benefits of negative gearing when applying for a home loan from the institution.
Topics: consumer-finance, banking, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedStaying cool in the heatwave this weekend is definitely about substance over style, but scientists reveal some parts of Brisbane are certainly cooler than others.
Topics: phenomena, housing, housing-industry, building-and-construction, urban-development-and-planning, brisbane-4000
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In New South Wales, there is a growing push to change the rules so that landlords are prohibited from adding a 'no pets' clause to a lease.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, animals, nsw
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Concerns that banks may be breaching speed limits for investor home lending lead to the first slowdown in growth for three months.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, housing-industry, markets, australia
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Median house prices are up across most of regional Western Australia, but there is more pain for state's north, with Broome's median price falling nearly 13 per cent.
Topics: housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, broome-6725
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| UpdatedAuthorities will be watching for signs of underquoting. Experts say it is rife throughout the industry and with hot markets in Sydney and Melbourne, complaints are rising.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, australia
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Mortgage insurer Genworth suffers a steep sell-off as increased bad debts on WA and Queensland home loans combine with a decline in riskier new home lending to hit profits.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, company-news, stockmarket, money-and-monetary-policy, australia, wa, qld
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| UpdatedThe Solomon Islands' capital Honiara is grappling with a shortage of affordable housing.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, world-politics, pacific, solomon-islands
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| UpdatedNew apartments are flooding the market in Sydney, driving up rents in some areas, according to the latest report from the New South Wales Tenants' Union.
Topics: housing, state-parliament, housing-industry, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedIf you thought it was hard to get into the housing market, it may yet get worse unless tax policies are changed to reduce investor demand. That's the warning of economists at Australia's biggest mortgage lender.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, banking, money-and-monetary-policy, australia