Stamp duty slashed on units,apartments – but you’ll have to get in quick

Stamp duty slashed on units,apartments – but you’ll have to get in quick

Buyers of off-the-plan developments will save tens of thousands of dollars in stamp duty concessions in a 12-month plan to encourage denser developments across the suburbs.

  • byKieran Rooney

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Inner West Council moves to reduce light,parking and floorspace rules for apartments

Inner West Council moves to reduce light,parking and floorspace rules for apartments

As a well-connected and desirable place to live,the inner west is at the centre of Sydney’s housing density debate.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Without fear or favour’:NSW’s next building commissioner vows to restore confidence in housing
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‘Without fear or favour’:NSW’s next building commissioner vows to restore confidence in housing

James Sherrard was last week appointed to the role left by David Chandler’s resignation. He says he’ll have a different approach.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Minns weighs new powers to bypass councils on major housing approvals

Minns weighs new powers to bypass councils on major housing approvals

The NSW premier is frustrated at the slow turnaround in new housing approvals despite making increased supply the centrepiece of his first term.

  • byMichael McGowan
‘Upzoning’ Melbourne needed to fix housing crisis,big business says
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‘Upzoning’ Melbourne needed to fix housing crisis,big business says

Victoria should introduce consistent zoning laws across the state to boost housing stock and stabilise property prices,the Business Council of Australia says.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Cost to build a new home picks up pace in Perth,putting pressure on established market

Cost to build a new home picks up pace in Perth,putting pressure on established market

Fresh data points to troubled waters in alleviating Perth’s housing crisis and hitting the federal government’s target of 125,000 new homes in WA over the next five years.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Unhealthy,dumbed-down homes. They’re making it the law in NSW

Unhealthy,dumbed-down homes. They’re making it the law in NSW

The idea of the Building Bill is to make most arms of the construction industry more accountable,but instead the Minns government is lowering the bar.

  • byPeter Poulet
Steamroll laggard councils over housing:business lobby

Steamroll laggard councils over housing:business lobby

A business lobby is arguing state governments need far greater sway over new approvals if Australia is to meet ambitious targets set by the National Housing Accord.

  • byMichael McGowan
Behind this home’s white picket fence is an interior that sends your senses into overdrive

Behind this home’s white picket fence is an interior that sends your senses into overdrive

A classical double-fronted period timber house in Fitzroy North looks,at first glance,just like its late-Victorian neighbours.

  • byStephen Crafti
Bust developer’s lakeside office to sell at firesale price

Bust developer’s lakeside office to sell at firesale price

Taiwanese-backed development company Everland Global has gone bust with receivers appointed.

  • byNicole Lindsay
More cranes on city skylines,but fewer are building homes

More cranes on city skylines,but fewer are building homes

Construction activity is peaking across Sydney,where there are more cranes than any other Australian capital,including Melbourne.

  • bySimon Johanson