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Brisbane rents hit record highs, as tenants max out budgets in many suburbs
Brisbane is now the second-most expensive capital city to rent a unit. But in several areas, tenants have nothing more left to offer.
- by Sarah Webb
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Tenants feel ‘rental anxiety’ as Melbourne rents hit record high
The typical house costs $60 per week more to rent than it did a year ago, leaving some tenants fearful of lifelong housing insecurity.
- by Jim Malo
‘Affordability ceiling has been smashed’: Sydney rents hit record highs
Intense competition to find more affordable homes in Sydney has driven unit rents up $50 per week since last year. Can it continue?
- by Tawar Razaghi and Elizabeth Redman
Perth’s rental vacancy rate at two-year high … 0.6 per cent!
Perth house rents remained steady over the quarter for the first time in almost three years but with developers struggling to get residential projects to stack up it will be many years before Perth low vacancy rate improves substantially.
- by Sarah Brookes
How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes
The government wants 1.2 million homes built over the next five years. But what about the 3.5 million spare bedrooms across the country?
- by Sue Williams
Going, going, gone: The Perth suburbs where houses are selling like wildfire
There are some Perth suburbs where you can sell a house in as little as four or five days. And they’re not the ones you might expect.
- by Sarah Brookes
A hair on the floor, $400 for sticky-tape residue: Inflated landlord bond claims hitting tenants
Over 80 per cent of landlord bond claims before VCAT have been found to be at least in part spurious, according to a new report.
- by Jim Malo
Buyer beats nine others for luxe $6m inner west home ‘worth fighting for’
The stylish home with a swimming pool, and within walking distance of everything, attracted interest from doctors and local business owners.
- by Carmen Forward
Architect-designed Hawthorn stunner that used ‘every bit of space’ fetches $7m
A local downsizer bought a brand-new home in the Grace Park Estate with floor-to-ceiling windows, beating two other bidders.
- by Sarah Webb
Why downlights are making you colder and your split system less effective
Ever felt like the air-conditioner only pushes around cold air in winter? It may take climbing up into the attic and having a look around to find out why that is.
- by Jim Malo
Perth home price gains lead the nation – so what can a lazy $750,000 buy you?
Fresh data shows Perth homeowners have gained a $15,000 wealth boost in June as property prices continued to surge.
- by Sarah Brookes