Latest
Drought, then bushfires take a lick from national milk pool
Forecast milk production will be revised down further to take into account both immediate disruption caused by bushfires and the longer-term impacts.
- Nick Lenaghan
Rich Lister Perichs process big dairy deal
The acquisition of the historic Torrumbarry aggregation will help drought-proof the country's largest dairy farming operation.
- Nick Lenaghan
February auction listings set to surge
Auction listings are forecast to lift when the February auction season gets under way, although some vendors may have raced ahead of the market with their price expectations.
- Nick Lenaghan
Oversupply, weaker tourism growth hits hotels
Hotel owners and operators keep a brave face despite greater competition from new hotels and a drop-off in the number of tourists.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Exclusive
- Hotels
Byron Bay's The Bower hotel on the market for $20m
Converted out of a former motel and inspired by Manhattan's historic Bowery District, The Bower offers 29 guests rooms.
- Larry Schlesinger
How homeowners are building for the bush
From "earth sheltered" underground lairs to cantilevered steel frames, Australia's architects are rethinking rural home design.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
How it Sold
The 24-hour rush to sign in Dalkeith
In Perth's leafy prestige suburbs, a highly conditional offer triggered a race to secure a new home for the vendor.
- Michael Bleby
Cashed-up older buyers pay $325k over reserve
A Brunswick auction pitted two older parties against hopeful younger contenders. The result was pretty one-sided.
- Michael Bleby
Luxury Property
The properties that ultra-rich buyers splurged on
Despite the property market downturn this year, Australia's billionaires still spent big on mansions - creating record breaking sales in the process.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
A billionaire's plan to turbo-charge his private city
Rich Lister Maha Sinnathamby survived financial ruin to build Australia's biggest private city. But the 80-year-old is far from done.
- James Thomson
This Month
Hungry sellers rush back to property market
The residential property markets are off to a strong start this year as buyers and sellers return earlier than usual from the holiday break to try to capture a deal.
- Nila Sweeney
Bowral buyers caught up in bushfire insurance freeze
Property buyers in the Southern Highlands have been caught up in the bushfire crisis as they face an uphill battle to get insurance cover.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
A co-working experiment: where will my start-up call home?
The AFR takes a tour of Sydney's latest and newest co-working and flexible working hubs.
- Su-Lin Tan
The dark side of hip office design
Is the fad for open plan offices finally over? Some recent research shows rather than prompting vibrant face-to-face collaboration, open architecture triggers a response to withdraw from officemates and interact instead over email and instant messaging.
- Judith Evans
'Tree change' trend puts more people at risk in bushfire-prone areas
With thousands of people moving into areas at very high risk of bushfires in the past decade, it's time to spend more on mitigation, not reconstruction.
- Nick Lenaghan
Rental housing shortage looms in hubs near fire zones
Regional centres close to bushfire-affected regions face shortages as displaced homeowners and reconstruction workers move into town.
- Nila Sweeney
Investment bankers ready for real estate action in 2020
Where are the opportunities and which are the most likely targets for M&A?
- Nick Lenaghan
Five of the biggest real estate deals of 2019
Transaction numbers were down last year but in one market, the money spent hit a new record.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
Ingenia earnings hit by bushfires
Tourism business and homes sales hit at Ingenia's South Coast facilities in NSW.
- Nick Lenaghan
The personal experience behind real estate boss' harassment fight
REINSW president Leanne Pilkington, who was once a sexual harassment victim herself, said greater professionalism and better education about workplace issues are long overdue in the industry.
- Su-Lin Tan
Why a sharp drop in home listings is good for recovery
Home listings fell sharply over the year to December as strong buyer demand absorbed any remaining November stock before the quiet summer period, indicating the market recovery is spreading outside Sydney and Melbourne.
- Nila Sweeney
Big Sydney projects put Crown back in the black
Apartment developer Crown Group delivered profits of $23.3 million in the 2019 financial year with off-the-plan sales on the rise heading into 2020.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Exclusive
- Commercial real estate
Climate risks weigh on investment appeal of Sydney and Melbourne
Sydney and Melbourne have both fallen in rankings on a global index of attractive real estate investment destinations
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
- Exclusive
- Property market
Worst performers of the decade
Failures of long-term investments highlight how crucial local economies are to home values.
- Nila Sweeney
How big tech is making NYC a Silicon Valley rival
The rush by the west coast technology giants to expand in New York City is turning a broad swathe of Manhattan into one of the world's most vibrant tech corridors.
- Matthew Haag
Retail landlords drag on A-REITs in 2019
Retail property trusts performed poorly on a total returns basis in 2019, but office and industrial trusts and those with exposure to housing did well.
- Larry Schlesinger
Corporate activity to ramp up in 'bifurcating' rural property sector
While fire and drought will devastate many regions, farmland values are expected to rise for productive large-scale farms in high rainfall areas.
- Larry Schlesinger
Moonee Valley Racing Club sells childcare centre on 4.9pc yield
Selling agents CBRE said it was the sharpest yield for an early learning offering under $10 million over the past 12 months.
- Larry Schlesinger
Holiday home owners, guests cop losses
Airbnb guests and hosts face large losses as fire ravages holiday towns, while property owners battle a moral dilemma over whether or not to issue refunds to stranded guests.
- Nila Sweeney
