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| UpdatedWe've been here before ... the Victorian Government is cutting stamp duty for first time buyers to give them a leg up, but this has been tried there and elsewhere and it just doesn't work.
Topics: housing-industry, tax, states-and-territories, australia
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| UpdatedLiberal MP John Alexander says his Coalition Government should embrace the sporting motto of "no guts, no glory" when it comes to policies that address housing affordability.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, government-and-politics, australia
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It's not just potential homebuyers feeling the heat of Sydney's soaring prices, a real estate group warns, releasing data showing there has also been a surge in rental demand.
Topics: housing-industry, community-and-society, narrabeen-2101, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedSome property watchers say Sydney and Melbourne are headed into bubble territory. Louis Christopher from SQM Research and Nerida Cornisbee, the chief economist with REA group speaks to Alicia.
Topics: industry, business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, australia
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Set up in 2014 by community organisation Launch Housing, HomeGround is a real estate agency that aims to create more affordable housing by tapping into the large private rental market.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-finance, economic-trends, housing-industry, money-and-monetary-policy, lifestyle-and-leisure, human-interest, australia
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| UpdatedThe Solomon Islands government has endorsed the concept of strata title for land and housing ownership as a way of tackling the housing problem, especially in the capital Honiara.
Topics: community-and-society, housing-industry, pacific, solomon-islands
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| UpdatedDoubling the grant offered to people buying their first home in regional Victoria will help push house prices down, Premier Daniel Andrews says.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing, housing-industry, vic
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| UpdatedThere is a widening of inequality between younger Australians whose parents own a home and those who do not, leaving children without wealthy parents with less opportunities over their lifetime, a new report shows.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, consumer-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, human-interest, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe corporate regulator says it has been investigating up to 11 lenders over their home lending practices, after announcing court action against Westpac.
Topics: banking, regulation, housing-industry, courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, australia
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We talked to two experts about how prices can keep rising, if a price drop is inevitable — and whether it will cause a US-style collapse.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, house-and-home, lifestyle, community-and-society, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedA property investor-driven buying spree is continuing to push home prices higher in Australia's two biggest cities, with Sydney recording its fastest annual growth in more than 14 years.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, australia
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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.
Topics: media, housing-industry, australia
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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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Topics: mining-industry, housing-industry, housing, nhulunbuy-0880
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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