High interest rates erode households’ ability to borrow and build

High interest rates erode households’ ability to borrow and build

Australia’s builders are suffering a three-speed market as high interest rates erode households’ ability to borrow and build dwellings.

  • bySimon Johanson

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Foreign investors to be slugged with higher fees for vacant homes

Foreign investors to be slugged with higher fees for vacant homes

Overseas buyers will face a tripling in fees to buy an established home in Australia and will be further penalised if their property is left vacant and not rented,under a government plan to tighten foreign investment laws.

  • byLisa Visentin
Property,politics and the curious case of the old Kangan TAFE

Property,politics and the curious case of the old Kangan TAFE

One day for sale,the next not. What gives with the long disused Coburg North TAFE site?

  • byRoyce Millar andRachael Dexter
Minns’ housing plan has two problems he can’t solve
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Planning

Minns’ housing plan has two problems he can’t solve

Immigration and foreign investment are making this city increasingly unaffordable,forcing middle-income Sydneysiders like me out.

  • bySean Murphy
Rich Chinese eye Australian homes as 700,000 set to emigrate by 2025

Rich Chinese eye Australian homes as 700,000 set to emigrate by 2025

Australia was the top overseas destination for Chinese property hunters in the first half of this year,according to real estate firm Juwai IQI’s latest ranking.

  • bySelina Xu
Out of balance:There’s not enough investment in Australia
Opinion
Opinion

Out of balance:There’s not enough investment in Australia

We’re investing more overseas than foreigners are investing here – and that’s a problem.

  • byRoss Gittins
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China’s strange ‘espionage’ crackdown set to cause a lot of damage

China’s strange ‘espionage’ crackdown set to cause a lot of damage

Beijing seems to be doing its utmost to turn away from foreign money. The ramifications could be bad for China and the rest of the world.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Why more Chinese buyers are snapping up Sydney property

Why more Chinese buyers are snapping up Sydney property

Interest rates have soared and property prices are lower than a year ago,so what makes Sydney real estate so attractive?

  • byTawar Razaghi
China needs ‘clear signals’ with investment in Australia at near record lows

China needs ‘clear signals’ with investment in Australia at near record lows

Relations between China and Australia have improved in the past month,with senior politicians and business people from both countries seeking to repair the trade and investment partnerships. But more remediation is needed.

  • byAnne Hyland
Lord Mayor of London drums up business in Australia

Lord Mayor of London drums up business in Australia

The holder of the ancient civic role says the City of London can learn a lot from Australia and offer a lot in return even if it’s no longer part of the EU.

  • byLatika Bourke
Clive Palmer’s companies gain port access for Queensland nickel refinery

Clive Palmer’s companies gain port access for Queensland nickel refinery

Last month,an obscure Swiss-based syndicate agreed to buy the refinery from the controversial billionaire for about $1.5 billion,but it has still to secure funding.

  • byAnne Hyland