Some house hunters would need to earn more than $250,000 to be approved for a loan on a median-priced house,after 11 cash rate hikes.
Millions of graduates have made voluntary HECS debt repayments to avoid the indexation hike. But experts say it is still better to pay off HECS debts slowly.
Property prices in dozens more Sydney suburbs could soon be in reach for first home buyers wanting to qualify for stamp duty relief,but at what cost?
The Newtown unit was guided at $650,000 – almost $200,000 less than the price the buyer eventually paid.
Only one in 10 potential first home buyers could achieve home ownership,and most would struggle to save a deposit,make the mortgage repayments or both.
Sustainable communities. Build-to-rent-to-own. ‘Gentle’ density. Rather than wait for new apartment design rules,some developers are making new models.
Is our love affair with housing responsible for the problems plaguing our cities,governments and way of life?
A Perth property expert has called for action to ease WA’s worst ever housing supply crisis,to attract construction workers to the state and to slow urban sprawl.
The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated longstanding problems in the country’s housing market.
Experts believe the nation’s living standards and productivity performance are being harmed by the way the property sector is distorting business and consumer behaviour.
In a country with some of the most expensive housing in the world,Australians are carrying record levels of debt to pay for homes ever more distant from their places of work.