A move from the banking regulator on Friday to restrict risky lending in the housing market is expected to cool the market. But there are more changes to come, experts say.
Insights
‘Startling’ study shows long-term tenants going to extremes to make ends meet
Long-term Sydney and Melbourne renters are twice as likely as anyone else to go to extreme measures to make ends meet.
What homeowners need to consider when moving interstate to buy
Many potential buyers consider moving to another capital city to fulfil their home-owning dream.
Population surge in far-flung suburbs shows desperate Sydneysiders willing to travel for the Great Australian Dream
Sydneysiders still want a white picket fence – they’re just driving further to afford it.
Stop building apartments for investors and start building for future generations
Developers are building more than ever before – but it’s what they’re building that’s problematic.
Off-the-plan buyers seeing losses and lacklustre growth: BIS Oxford Economics
New apartments bought and sold in the five years to 2016 most often fell in value in Melbourne and recorded lacklustre growth in Sydney and Brisbane.
Melbourne to have $1 million median house price by end of 2018, expert predicts
For Melburnians who’ve long complained of growing house prices, the comfort has been that at least the situation isn’t as bad as Sydney. Not for much longer.
The Gen Y couple from Sydney making $300,000 a year with 28 investment properties
Mina O’Neill and her husband Scott started buying real estate in late-2010. Today, the Gen Y couple has 28 properties.
ABS house price data ‘a clear sign threats in Sydney and Melbourne steadily rising’
Speculation about a housing bubble is likely to heat up even further, with Sydney and Melbourne property prices up more than 5 per cent.
How we house growing families in Australia
Australians are facing the choice of either moving to a bigger house or renovating their existing home.