Respite for first home buyers as Sydney and Melbourne markets cool

Respite for first home buyers as Sydney and Melbourne markets cool

Analysts expect the Sydney and Melbourne property markets to cool for the remainder of this year,giving those looking to get into the market more time.

  • byJohn Collett

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They fought off a backlash to build new social housing. The deal collapsed anyway
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They fought off a backlash to build new social housing. The deal collapsed anyway

A council plan to build social housing units close to trains,shops and parks in Chadstone has fallen over after the provider backed out on financial grounds,blaming a lack of government support.

  • byAdam Carey
Perth’s luxury property sector flush despite global market ‘running out of steam’

Perth’s luxury property sector flush despite global market ‘running out of steam’

The Perth property market continues to outpace all other Australian capital cities,claiming the highest recorded growth in the luxury residential sector.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Leaks and mould latest woes for homeowners battling building giant
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Leaks and mould latest woes for homeowners battling building giant

Winter weather has brought a flood of new problems for homeowners tangled in Western Australia’s BGC housing construction dispute as leaking homes experience an explosion of mould.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Tents in busy Brisbane intersection just one part of crisis,advocates say

Tents in busy Brisbane intersection just one part of crisis,advocates say

The new cluster of tents has prompted renewed calls for urgent investment in long-term solutions to the housing crisis.

  • byCourtney Kruk
The country town with an innovative response to the housing crisis

The country town with an innovative response to the housing crisis

One regional council is putting up its own vacant farmland to develop affordable housing for key workers. It’s a model other councils could follow.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
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How years of higher rates helped the most affordable properties outpace the top end

How years of higher rates helped the most affordable properties outpace the top end

While rates remain on hold,the prospects of cuts may add fuel to the fire as sheer demand for affordability has pushed prices higher.

  • byJim Malo andTawar Razaghi
Greens demand changes to back key Labor housing policies in the Senate

Greens demand changes to back key Labor housing policies in the Senate

The Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather is already ramping up pressure on Labor’s new housing minister,Clare O’Neil,just days after she was given the role.

  • byJames Massola
Baby recession grips Perth as births drop to lowest level in two decades

Baby recession grips Perth as births drop to lowest level in two decades

Perth’s birth rate is the lowest it’s been since 2006,and it has not seen such a sharp fall in births since the contraceptive pill was introduced in the 1970s.

  • bySarah Brookes
I’m trying to buy a home in Perth before we sell or we’ll end up homeless - but cash offers win

I’m trying to buy a home in Perth before we sell or we’ll end up homeless - but cash offers win

As the Perth property trains keep leaving the station,WAtoday reporter Claire Ottaviano remains optimistic in the search for a new home.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
The type of property that was supposed to get cheaper – but soared

The type of property that was supposed to get cheaper – but soared

A “perfect storm” of rising demand and scant supply has been putting upward pressure on prices since the pandemic began.

  • byShona Hendley