Property market
Opinion
Housing crisis
Treasury tells all: How the housing market is so stuffed up
Our housing industry has been too slow to respond to the increased demand for housing. What’s the Albanese government doing about this mess?
- by Ross Gittins
Latest
‘People feel cheated’: Cut to home buyer budgets leaves households reeling
Workers are feeling ‘pretty distressed’ to realise the basics of life have slipped further out of reach than even in the recent past.
- by Elizabeth Redman
How to sell your home for $112,000 more than your neighbour
A new report finds how to fetch a higher price, attract more online listing views and make a home more liveable in the meantime.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Jim Malo
Exclusive
Development
V’landys says he will have final say on turning Rosehill Racecourse into housing
Powerful racing boss Peter V’landys says there is “no conspiracy” over his connection to the plan to turn the racetrack into a “mini-city” of 25,000 new homes.
- by Michael McGowan
Analysis
Home loans
Have property prices peaked for now? These factors suggest so
Weakness could emerge in Australian house prices in the second half of 2024 with the RBA potentially keeping interest rates on hold.
- by Robert Baharian
Seven of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
We’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch, from double-height spaces to a double-sided fireplace.
- by Kate Farrelly
‘Early warning sign’: Why property owners are selling their homes now
Owners are selling up in greater numbers this autumn than they were at the same time last year, new figures show.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Opinion
Planning
The big brown stain on the WA government’s housing efforts
Labor huffed and puffed about remedying the previous government’s inaction before demolishing the Brownlie Towers housing complex in 2019.
- by Gary Adshead
NSW tree-change towns that boomed most over the past five years
Some have recorded 60 per cent growth as city escapees look for remote-working hotspots or local jobs, but not everyone wins.
- by Sue Williams
Home buyback scheme floated after Kensington Banks labelled flood-prone
Property experts say house prices in the estate could fall by up to 20 per cent following Melbourne Water’s revised modelling for the Maribyrnong River catchment.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Opinion
Inside China
China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough
Three years after China’s property sector started imploding, Xi Jinping is finally doing something meaningful to fix it. He needs to do more.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz