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What does a “higher-for-longer” world mean for the property sector?
The Property Summit gathers the industry’s most influential leaders, investors, commentators and disruptors to discuss the trends, threats and opportunities in commercial and residential sectors.
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- Opinion
- NSW budget
Mookhey may need a wages miracle to land this budget
NSW is sucking extra tax out of the asset-rich, property-owning class that has enjoyed a massive asset price boom, to spend more on government services, housing and public sector employees.
- John Kehoe
Construction insolvencies will level out, CBA says
After a few torrid years of collapses among builders and subcontractors, there are signs that conditions are going to normalise.
- Michael Bleby
NSW’s ambitious plan to build 30,000 new homes
The NSW government will intervene in the construction sector by releasing surplus land that will be used for home building.
- Campbell Kwan
What does a “higher-for-longer” world mean for the property sector?
The Property Summit gathers the industry’s most influential leaders, investors, commentators and disruptors to discuss the trends, threats and opportunities in commercial and residential sectors.
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Five reasons to give first home buyers access to super
If a person owns their house it is equivalent to having sufficient superannuation to service rent for the rest of their lives. Thus, far from eroding superannuation, it is a core part of retirement savings.
- Mark Humphery-Jenner
This Month
‘Stealth’ land tax could drive investors from NSW and push up rents
Propertybuyer founder Rich Harvey says the land tax threshold freezes are a tax grab and he is “thinking twice” about buying more properties in NSW.
- Campbell Kwan and Nila Sweeney
WeWork has emerged from bankruptcy. What’s next?
The company’s re-emergence from bankruptcy arrives at a time when demand for office space remains weak overall.
- Wyatte Grantham-Philips
Why house prices are surging once again around the world
In Australia, the US and parts of Europe, property markets have shrugged off higher interest rates to post strong gains – and there’s likely more to come.
- The Economist
Prepare for building inflation to surge again
After a lull in infrastructure and construction, cost escalation is about to pick up, driven this time by local demand, wages and changing technology.
- Michael Bleby
Shock property tax rise hits landlords, holiday homes
Investment properties in NSW will be hit by a $1.5 billion increase in land taxes, which the real estate industry warns could cost thousands of dollars a year and be passed on to renters.
- John Kehoe
PEXA drags feet on breaking up its own monopoly, pleasing investors
While shareholders are hopeful of overseas riches, the property settlement platform is facing the threat of its stranglehold on e-conveyancing being broken.
- Jemima Whyte
- Opinion
- Governance
In the end, complexity felled the Lendlease empire
Lendlease was globally recognised for engineering excellence, its ability to build thriving community spaces, and its nurturing of many leading CEOs. Its diminution is instructive as well.
- Tony Boyd
- Exclusive
- Industrial
More cold sheds needed to supply veg and meds
Australia will have to ramp up its construction of cold storage sheds to service the food supply needs of our booming population, says CBRE.
- Larry Schlesinger
Home ownership is this Labor treasurer’s great middle-class goal
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, who hands down his second budget on Tuesday, says building wealth and financial security through home ownership must be a core objective of the modern Labor Party.
- John Kehoe
Why this top 100 CEO goes undercover shopping
Melbourne’s Chadstone shopping centre showcases the very latest in fashion. It’s also a test case for how the big mall owners manage their vast real estate.
- Nick Lenaghan
‘Impossibly unaffordable’ housing a social risk: report
The level of housing price relative to incomes poses an “existential” risk and demands a rethink of urban growth boundaries, a new global report says.
- Michael Bleby
Chris Minns wants Sydney to feel like Brooklyn
To encourage an urban renaissance, the NSW premier has a message for the city’s property developers: build, build, build.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- Property market
Ray White founders seek investors for $1b lending bonanza
The White family is seeking to raise $400 million for its second credit fund, which will provide loans to developers. It has already lined up $841 million of deals.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Opinion
- Property Observed
‘Eyes wide open’: How to ride the private credit boom
Private credit for commercial real estate has never been stronger. It’s also running into trouble. “All of us need to be eyes wide open and alert. It is real estate and it is credit. Let’s not misprice the risks.”
- Robert Harley
Restaurateur Chris Lucas to bring midas touch to $1b Cbus office tower
The property group is collaborating with the Melbourne restaurant king on the design of the hospitality precinct below its $1billion office tower at 435 Bourke St.
- Larry Schlesinger
Westpac reins in house price growth forecasts for Sydney, Melbourne
Westpac lowered its house price expectations for Sydney and Melbourne due to worsening affordability and increased listings.
- Nila Sweeney
FOMO driving investors into property, especially in these suburbs
Experts reveal their top picks for suburbs that could deliver strong capital gains and rental returns for investors over the near to medium term.
- Nila Sweeney
Why some investors are now avoiding the Perth market
Perth’s home values are still increasing at a rapid clip, but some experts are starting to sound caution.
- Nila Sweeney
ISPT to raise $250m for big push into small malls
ISPT head of funds management Matthew Brown says recent transactions have given the platform confidence that values are near the bottom of the cycle.
- Larry Schlesinger
Restaurants and pickleball in, bookstores out: shopping centres rebound
Shopping malls that survived the purge signed up tenants that would draw more shoppers and give them more reason to linger.
- Joe Gose
