‘Defies logic’:How much income buyers need to purchase a typical house

‘Defies logic’:How much income buyers need to purchase a typical house

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.

  • byMelissa Heagney-Bayliss

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How much less home buyers can borrow after the 7.1% HECS increase

How much less home buyers can borrow after the 7.1% HECS increase

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.

  • byAmber Schultz
Sydney suburbs where first home buyers could save on stamp duty

Sydney suburbs where first home buyers could save on stamp duty

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?

  • byKate Burke
First home buyer beats 26 others to one-bedroom unit with $847,000 bid

First home buyer beats 26 others to one-bedroom unit with $847,000 bid

The Newtown unit was guided at $650,000 – almost $200,000 less than the price the buyer eventually paid.

  • byTawar Razaghi
‘Ongoing crisis’:Alarming share of young people can’t afford to save for a house

‘Ongoing crisis’:Alarming share of young people can’t afford to save for a house

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.

  • byTawar Razaghi
A breath of fresh air:Three options for building better apartments

A breath of fresh air:Three options for building better apartments

Sustainable communities. Build-to-rent-to-own. ‘Gentle’ density. Rather than wait for new apartment design rules,some developers are making new models.

  • byMichael Bachelard
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What is happening to The Great Australian Dream?

What is happening to The Great Australian Dream?

Is our love affair with housing responsible for the problems plaguing our cities,governments and way of life?

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‘It’s so obvious’:How to fix Perth’s housing hell

‘It’s so obvious’:How to fix Perth’s housing hell

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.

  • bySarah Brookes
How the Australian housing industry boomed into a generational problem

How the Australian housing industry boomed into a generational problem

The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated longstanding problems in the country’s housing market.

  • byRachel Clun,Shane Wright andCraig Butt
Squeezed out of the Australian dream:Two-thirds of young people are giving up on home ownership

Squeezed out of the Australian dream:Two-thirds of young people are giving up on home ownership

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.

  • byShane Wright andCraig Butt
How the great Australian dream transformed the economy into a house of cards

How the great Australian dream transformed the economy into a house of cards

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.

  • byShane Wright,Rachel Clun andCraig Butt