Future rate cuts may be less likely if renting and construction costs contributing to housing inflation continue to grow.
Fraser Barton
Interest rates might be weighing less on Australians' decision to buy or sell a property, with affordability now ranked as the leading influence.
Savannah Meacham
Hastening development approvals without increasing building capacity will only add to the bottleneck in housing construction, researchers warn.
Tess Ikonomou
Streamlining environmental approvals is dominating the agenda ahead of Jim Chalmers’ economic reform roundtable, with a push for a national deregulation plan proving to be even bigger than tax reform.
Katina Curtis
Further interest rate cuts on the horizon have stirred the nation's housing market with prices rising for a sixth straight month alongside demand.
Kat Wong and Jacob Shteyman
A "revolving door" of referrals to various support services awaits women fleeing family violence, driven by chronic underfunding of social housing.
Maeve Bannister
Interstate migration and the allure of warmer weather have contributed to a city's house prices surging past the million-dollar mark.
Falling interest rates and an ongoing housing shortfall are driving property prices higher, but affordability constraints will keep a lid on growth.
Jacob Shteyman
Governments are taking aim at red tape to fix a chronic undersupply of housing in Australia but the industry warns cultural issues will be harder to fix.
There is a reason why Perth developers rarely turn empty offices and warehouses into apartments, and it has nothing to do with demand.
Kim Macdonald
Greens calls for 1000 people to live at every Fremantle line station in the western suburbs, claiming it is unrealistic to expect new apartment development at far-flung Metronet stations
Data has revealed a small rise in the number of mortgages in arrears, but experts say the rate has stayed contained despite cost-of-living pressures.
Andrew Brown
Half of Australia's private housing tenants are living in homes in need of repair but are too scared to ask their landlord about it, according to a study.
Staff Writers
The exclusive beachside suburb could see a significant transformation in its skyline.
Harriet Flinn
Tax concessions for build-to-rent developments have been extended, in a move that has been welcomed by industry figures.
Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell
It comes despite local opposition including from the City of Stirling.
Sophie Gannon
A small Great Southern town will soon be growing in size after the Housing Minister announced the contract to construct 12 new residential and industrial lots had been awarded last week
Melissa Sheil
Plans to pedestrianise London's Oxford Street have been announced by the mayor of the British capital.
Essential workers are sleeping in their cars because they cannot afford homes while advocates urge tourism to be placed second behind basic services.
Farid Farid
Breaking ground on delivering 1.2 million homes starts by untangling the maze of bureaucratic approvals, the federal government says.
More than a decade since the masterplan was first approved, stage three of the St Ives Carine Retirement Village is preparing to break ground.
Liam Murphy
Every Australian capital city has recorded recent strong property price growth as buyer sentiment is boosted by the likelihood of more interest rate cuts.
After months of backlash from Connolly residents, the council has rejected a local development plan for the Joondalup Resort, defying the recommendation of city staff.
A bid to sell a racecourse in Australia's urban heartland to build 25,000 homes has been scratched as eyes turn to the last working port in Sydney Harbour.
Farid Farid, Alex Mitchell and Jack Gramenz
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