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How to check if your apartment developer is telling fibs
NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler’s ratings are so valuable that some companies are falsely saying they’ve got them when they haven’t even been tested.
- Jimmy Thomson
Rising listings, poor affordability slash house price growth
The rate fell by a third to 1.9 per cent across the combined capital cities during the September quarter, a new report from Domain shows.
- Nila Sweeney
Yesterday
Apartment rents set to rise by 30pc, says CBRE
An undersupply of apartments relative to demand will drive rental spikes of more than 30 per cent in many suburbs over the next five years, according to CBRE.
- Larry Schlesinger
This Month
Sydney, Brisbane, Perth house prices to rise 12pc this year
The rosier prediction comes as expectations for a wider housing market recovery over the next few years strengthen.
- Updated
- Nila Sweeney
Where to find the cheapest properties to rent near the CBDs
These are the suburbs where tenants can still rent a house for under $500 a week and units for less than $400.
- Nila Sweeney
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- Property development
Lighthouse gets $130m social loan from CBA, NAB
Specialist disability housing could grow to be a $10 billion sector but it could also boost the development of a new loan asset class.
- Michael Bleby
The suburbs handing landlords 17pc capital gain and $20k cash flow
Rentals that are earning enough to cover the interest repayments can still be found in more than 80 suburbs nationwide, data from CoreLogic shows.
- Nila Sweeney
The tree change suburbs turning into buyers’ markets
Gippsland-South West in Victoria, South Coast and Inverell in NSW, and West Coast in Tasmania are now offering buyers plenty of options, according to Suburbtrends.
- Nila Sweeney
Suburbs with the highest granny flat potential
More than 655,000 granny flats could be built across the country straight away to help alleviate the housing shortage.
- Nila Sweeney
Investor exodus gathers pace in Melbourne, Sydney
More investors are bailing out of inner Melbourne and Sydney markets amid weak capital growth and large increase in holding costs.
- Nila Sweeney
Gandel: Israel has ‘no choice’ but to hammer Gaza
Property billionaire John Gandel is worried that public support for Israel will decline in Australia as retaliation against Hamas gains pace.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Nick Lenaghan
The housing boom drawing Japanese investment
Australia’s immigration-boosted growth is a magnet for Japanese investors facing their own shrinking population at home. And they like BTR in particular.
- Michael Bleby
Sydney Metro boosts apartment premium by up to 20pc
Apartments along Sydney’s new Metro stations are poised to outperform similar properties in neighbouring suburbs.
- Nila Sweeney
Airbnb says Victoria’s 7.5pc levy could push visitors away
The short-stay platform is seeking to influence other states and territories, which are considering measures to ease the rental crisis.
- Michael Bleby
More first home buyers tap government help to enter market
One-third of home buyers were supported by the federal government’s Home Guarantee Scheme in FY23, a significant increase on the previous year.
- Campbell Kwan
Why buyers looked past the flaws in this unit – and paid $2.4m
The shabby apartment needed at least $200,000 to fix it up. But rather than hide its faults, the agent hit buyers over the head with its problems. And it worked.
- Michael Bleby
- Opinion
- Flat Chat
How a mortgage mess nearly cost me my new apartment
An old debt that was paid off but never cleared came back to haunt me.
- Jimmy Thomson
Rents soar to new highs as vacancy rate slumps to record
The residential rental vacancy rate plunged back to a new low of just 0.8 per cent nationwide over the September quarter, new data from Domain shows.
- Nila Sweeney
Builder blames hidden commissions for his company’s collapse
Home owners were often unaware they were also paying agents’ commissions worth tens of thousands of dollars, the former Chatham Homes owner said.
- Michael Bleby
Luxury off-the-plan makes a comeback as property prices rise
Ten ways to ensure your apartment deal doesn’t leave you out of pocket and is delivered on time.
- Duncan Hughes
