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- Chanticleer
Why good intentions are no match for housing’s grim reality
Big house price gains in 2025 and 2026 look likely as Australia’s housing supply crisis gets worse.
- James Thomson
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- Retail property
Woolworths pays $51m for suburban mall in supermarket turf war
The supermarket giant’s property arm quietly snapped up the Niddrie Central mall in Melbourne’s north to maintain control of a key suburban site.
- Larry Schlesinger
Nick Bolton’s new target is Australian Unity Office Property Fund
Fresh off scoring a win at Magellan Global Fund, the activist investor was among the buyers behind the office REIT’s heightened trading volumes this week.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Mascot Towers sale set to proceed after threshold achieved
A minimum 75 per cent of unitholders in the Mascot Towers strata scheme have signed sales contract with purchaser Dowco Property Group.
- Larry Schlesinger
Central Equity directors turn to small malls for better returns
The families behind apartment giant Central Equity are buying up regional malls and shops on suburban strips amid a revival in retail property demand.
- Larry Schlesinger
Could this be the solution to housing affordability crunch?
Slashing block sizes could help improve housing affordability in the capital cities, according to Domain.
- Nila Sweeney
How it Sold
Why this semi sold for $300,000 less than a similar home nearby
Is it a property with a flaw or some other compromise? Buyers are becoming choosier, as the vendor of one house in need of a renovation found out.
- Michael Bleby
Pregnant first-home buyers pay $95,000 over reserve for 2-bed unit
A legal quirk reduced the competition for one young couple, who still fought hard for a ground-level unit they’ll move into – just before the birth of their child.
- Michael Bleby
Luxury Property
Singo sells famed Paddington complex for more than $30m
Annie Todd, the estranged wife of Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, will take ownership of The Bonython office complex in Paddington.
- Larry Schlesinger and Bonnie Campbell
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- Luxury property
Three trophy home sales in Sydney’s east fetch $68m
Wealthy buyers are moving to lock down prestige offerings in a city that has just been ranked fourth globally for super-prime sales.
- Bonnie Campbell
Yesterday
Singo sells famed Paddington complex for more than $30m
Annie Todd, the estranged wife of Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, will take ownership of The Bonython office complex in Paddington.
- Larry Schlesinger and Bonnie Campbell
This Month
Sydney’s hipster Ace Hotel on the market for $300m
The hotel, developed by Melbourne’s Golden Age Group, opened its doors in May 2022, and this is the first major short-stay accommodation offering of the year
- Larry Schlesinger
AFL legends brawl over Bunnings real estate
James Hird may have been the better player, but Chris Langford has won this contest.
- Myriam Robin
We need land-less mortgages, Mirvac CEO Campbell Hanan says
Australia’s crippling housing affordability problem is shaking up postwar norms about ownership. It’s also prompting a rethink about financing.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Three trophy home sales in Sydney’s east fetch $68m
Wealthy buyers are moving to lock down prestige offerings in a city that has just been ranked fourth globally for super-prime sales.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The housing data that should make the RBA wary of cutting rates
Australia is a nation obsessed with house prices, and with 60 per cent of people planning to buy in the next five years, the central bank is unlikely to be immune from that.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Property Observed
‘Get in at the right time, you’ll outperform’: Steinberg exits Dexus
The chief executive is stepping down from one of the country’s biggest firms, bringing to a close two decades of high-profile commercial property leadership.
- Robert Harley
How I bought this $3.1m designer home without being out of pocket
Munro Donen bought a three-bedroom home in Sydney’s east in a way that let him sell his old home for 5 per cent more while paying 5 per cent less simultaneously.
- Campbell Kwan
Visas for tradies, planning reforms crucial to lifting housing supply
Developers have called for the fast-tracking of visas for skilled construction workers among a raft of measures needed to tackle the housing supply crisis
- Larry Schlesinger and Michael Bleby
Rate pause to lure home buyers back
An extended rate pause could lure home buyers back into the market, but it could fuel a rise in distressed sales.
- Nila Sweeney
What the cash rate means for REITs
While further property write-downs may come in June, there may be little more beyond that as the outlook for interest rates turns favourable, says Citi.
- Nick Lenaghan
Why the Paris Olympics will be a modest showcase of wood architecture
Every host city tries to use the Olympics to power a transformative project. Paris 2024 wants to make sustainability, not monumental construction, its legacy.
- Feargus O'Sullivan and Jenny Che
Big super ready to retake M&A test at Campus Living Villages
Sources said Campus owners, which last fronted bidders via UBS in 2016, are putting it back on the auction block after whipping it into shape.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Work from home: new status quo reveals a growing divide
The pandemic laid bare inequalities in the American economy. White-collar workers are often able to do their jobs at home, not so lower-income workers.
- Ben Casselman, Emma Goldberg and Ella Koeze
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- Construction
New housing supply to hit decade low
A new report forecasts housing supply to fall off a cliff over the next two years putting the government further behind its ambitious housing targets.
- Larry Schlesinger and Michael Read
Even after COVID boom, builders want fixed-price contracts
An industry body backs the contracts but warns about risks if costs escalate, as a survey shows companies’ “grasp on construction financials remains inadequate”.
- Michael Bleby
Cities face cutbacks as commercial real estate prices tumble
Losses from office towers are hitting more than investors. US cities are bearing the brunt too, as municipal budgets are crimped by falling property taxes.
- Alan Rappeport
Why this semi sold for $300,000 less than a similar home nearby
Is it a property with a flaw or some other compromise? Buyers are becoming choosier, as the vendor of one house in need of a renovation found out.
- Michael Bleby
Walker mansion sale delayed by pool
The sale was due to settle last week. But it hasn’t because not even a $61 million compound is necessarily up to building codes.
- Michael Bleby
‘Blown away’: deceased estate with water glimpses sells for $9.04m
The Castle Cove home on Sydney’s north shore sold on a weekend when the national preliminary clearance rate hit 74 per cent.
- Bonnie Campbell
