‘Affordability ceiling has been smashed’:Sydney rents hit record highs

‘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?

  • byTawar Razaghi andElizabeth Redman

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Unable to afford a home in Australia,this couple bought in Italy instead

Unable to afford a home in Australia,this couple bought in Italy instead

Jaclyn Lofts and Joshua Beagley have embraced La Dolce Vita,purchasing a “lock and leave” holiday apartment in a small Italian village.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘A diabolical mess’:How did we get into this housing crisis,and how do we get out?

‘A diabolical mess’:How did we get into this housing crisis,and how do we get out?

Hard-won deposits,soaring rents,crippling mortgages,capital gains,negative gearing … What’s to blame,and how do other countries do housing?

  • byAngus Holland andJosh Gordon
The unusual political pairing squaring up against Labor on housing
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Analysis

The unusual political pairing squaring up against Labor on housing

Max Chandler-Mather and Andrew Bragg have little in common - except for a shared conviction that the federal government’s agenda on housing is behind the times.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Can the powerful owl and a flying fox save this north shore zone from development?
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Can the powerful owl and a flying fox save this north shore zone from development?

In a summons filed in the Land and Environment Court,Ku-ring-gai Council claims the government failed to give due consideration to critical habitat and threatened species.

  • byMichael Koziol
Gray pays $115 a week in rent. But there’s a catch

Gray pays $115 a week in rent. But there’s a catch

Co-ops are touted as a solution to the housing affordability crisis,so why are there so few in Australia?

  • byAndrew Taylor
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Housing crisis relief on the way as Bentley community home green-lit

Housing crisis relief on the way as Bentley community home green-lit

A WA church is using its vacant properties to help ease the state’s housing crisis,giving people without a chance of entering the rental market a fresh start.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
The magic number that tips the rental market in tenants’ favour

The magic number that tips the rental market in tenants’ favour

Experts say it’s been years since the market has favoured renters,and it would take years of high vacancy rates to reverse the rental crisis.

  • byJim Malo
Housing and dumped hydro details in LNP’s election-focused budget reply

Housing and dumped hydro details in LNP’s election-focused budget reply

Opposition Leader David Crisafullli has used his almost hour-long speech to outline a handful of new policies his party will take to voters in October.

  • byMatt Dennien
Up to your eyeballs in debt? Join the club as WA mortgages break record

Up to your eyeballs in debt? Join the club as WA mortgages break record

The average figure West Australians are taking out for mortgages has broken the record,jumping more than $30,000 in just three months.

  • byMichael Genovese
There are now 50,000 short-term rental properties in NSW. The area with the most isn’t Byron Bay

There are now 50,000 short-term rental properties in NSW. The area with the most isn’t Byron Bay

A levy on short-term rental accommodation is being considered by the government,but regional property owners say any broad-based levy would kill tourism.

  • byChristopher Harris