An LNP government would buck the current rules and allow first home buyers to rent out a room in their new home to help pay their mortgage.
The wellbeing factor of regional suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health,environment,jobs and income. But it comes at a price.
According to data released last week,Melbourne is no longer second to Sydney as the most expensive state capital for houses or apartments.
Just 30.6 per cent of all housing loans were taken out by investors as first home buyers return,but experts warn it will make rental properties even harder to find and more expensive.
The proportion of affordable suburbs has plunged over the past five years,and the top options now may not be within reach for long.
Research by the Productivity Commission into the makeup of Australians’ wealth has revealed whose home is the highest proportion of their net worth.
Two key statistics indicate that Australia’s housing affordability crisis will continue to worsen,even as governments scramble to ease supply constraints.
Workers are feeling ‘pretty distressed’ to realise the basics of life have slipped further out of reach than even in the recent past.
Owners are selling up in greater numbers this autumn than they were at the same time last year,new figures show.
Dozens of suburbs that were affordable to the average buyer are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away,and where to look instead.