Almost $450,000 of fines handed out for dodgy rentals since March
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Almost $450,000 of fines handed out for dodgy rentals since March

The Victorian government has revealed the details of rental reform promised last September,including a dispute resolution service.

  • byRachel Eddie

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The winners and losers in Victoria’s housing shake-up

The winners and losers in Victoria’s housing shake-up

Whether you’re in the market for a home,an owner-occupier or looking to sell,subdivide or downsize,find out what’s in the Allan government’s strategy for you.

  • byBroede Carmody
Interactive calculator:How much you need to borrow to buy in each Melbourne suburb

Interactive calculator:How much you need to borrow to buy in each Melbourne suburb

Exclusive analysis shows just how out of reach Melbourne’s property market has become for aspiring homeowners on average incomes.

  • byJim Malo andKristy Johnson
Labor baited Brighton and Brightonians jumped on the hook
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Labor baited Brighton and Brightonians jumped on the hook

It was neither bad planning nor a coincidence that Labor chose the upmarket seat of Brighton – deep in political enemy territory – to announce plans to boost housing density in established suburbs last weekend.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Fears for apartment quality as government sits on new design standards

Fears for apartment quality as government sits on new design standards

Apartments built in new activity centres risk being too dark and too small as the state government charges ahead with housing but stalls updates to minimum design standards.

  • bySophie Aubrey
Inside the housing plan that sent Victoria’s political leaders behind enemy lines

Inside the housing plan that sent Victoria’s political leaders behind enemy lines

Labor hopes its housing policy will not just dig it out of its electoral problems but also its economic woes. Yet the pitch for the young vote is a gamble the Liberals think they can capitalise on.

  • byKieran Rooney andAnnika Smethurst
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‘Squashed’:High-rise plan blindsides Toorak

‘Squashed’:High-rise plan blindsides Toorak

A council in Melbourne’s inner east says the state government’s fast-tracking of apartment development cuts across its own plans to cater for growth.

  • byPatrick Hatch
You thought 2024 was tough. IMF warns of more troubles ahead

You thought 2024 was tough. IMF warns of more troubles ahead

Both the IMF and Deloitte Access Economics are warning the new economic year is unlikely to be much better than the current one.

  • byShane Wright
So owning a home long term is always lucrative? It’s not

So owning a home long term is always lucrative? It’s not

Even though booming property prices have delivered countless sellers windfall gains,others are left holding assets for years that fall in value.

  • byShona Hendley
The charts that reveal the extent of Sydney’s construction bottleneck

The charts that reveal the extent of Sydney’s construction bottleneck

Despite the housing crisis,the construction of nearly 10,000 Sydney apartments has stalled.

  • byMatt Wade
After Brighton bust-up,Footscray residents wary of high-rise haste

After Brighton bust-up,Footscray residents wary of high-rise haste

The reaction in the inner west is of a vastly different temperature to what was seen in Brighton,where about 100 people protested and heckled the premier.

  • bySophie Aubrey andRachael Dexter