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HOUSING CRISIS

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YESTERDAY

 * Property investment


‘I DON’T OWN FIVE HOUSES, I OWN FIVE DEBTS’: VIC INVESTORS SELL UP

The rise in Victorian land taxes, council fees and interest rates is forcing
many investors to turn to Queensland and WA, which they say offer far better
returns.

 * Mar 6, 2024
 * Gus McCubbing


THIS MONTH

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TAX RISE ‘LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN’ FOR VICTORIAN PROPERTY INVESTORS

Melbourne property manager Carmen Littley says she has lost 52 investor clients
since landowners were slugged in the most recent state budget.

 * Mar 4, 2024
 * Gus McCubbing

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PERFECT HOMES TO REVIVE SYDNEY’S ‘MISSING MIDDLE’ AND PACIFY NIMBYS

NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully has a medium-density vision for parts of
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 * Mar 1, 2024
 * Samantha Hutchinson


FEBRUARY

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VICTORIA ‘OVERLY RELIANT’ ON STAMP DUTY, INDUSTRY WARNS

The Real Estate Institute of Victoria has urged the Allan government to cut
stamp duty and consider introducing tax incentives for long-term rental
properties.

 * Feb 29, 2024
 * Gus McCubbing

 * Victorian Parliament


APPROVALS SHOW VICTORIA’S HOME-BUILDING TARGET IS MILES OFF: INDUSTRY

Industry groups warn that the Victorian government is not on track to complete
its bold vision of building 80,000 new homes a year for the next decade.

 * Feb 27, 2024
 * Gus McCubbing


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SYDNEY COULD BECOME A ‘CITY WITH NO GRANDCHILDREN’

Adding just three storeys to apartments built in the past six years could have
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 * Feb 13, 2024
 * Samantha Hutchinson

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NSW TO CREATE YOUTH AGENCY AS MANY YOUNG HAVE ‘GIVEN UP’ ON A HOME

The announcement of a “youth voice” to represent Millennials and Gen Z came as a
planning expert declared that Sydney no longer works for young people.

 * Feb 5, 2024
 * Samantha Hutchinson


JANUARY

 * Opinion
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HOW TO FIX THE HOUSING SUPPLY NIGHTMARE

Housing has become an election fault line in Australia. But there are policy
initiatives that could go a long way to retrieving the situation.

 * Jan 28, 2024
 * Mike Zorbas

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TIME TO CUT THROUGH THE PLANNING NIGHTMARE

Housing is becoming a political headache, perhaps an intergenerational tragedy
too. Yet there are things that are in the hands of politicians to change.

 * Jan 5, 2024
 * The AFR View

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cybersecurity as their main worry, moving it up from third place last year.

 * Updated Jan 3, 2024
 * Gus McCubbing


DECEMBER 2023

 * Opinion
 * Chanticleer


WHY OUR TOP CEOS FEAR FOR THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN DREAM

The concern among top CEOs about the housing crisis reflects broader worries
about inequality, productivity and growth in a slowing economy. 

 * Dec 15, 2023
 * James Thomson


THE $225,000 CONTAINERS SILICON VALLEY IS BANKING ON TO FIX HOUSING

In the US’ most expensive metropolitan area for housing, city streets are
getting tiny homes made from repurposed shipping containers.

 * Dec 14, 2023
 * Nadia Lopez


NOVEMBER 2023

 * Planning


TERRACE, DUPLEX VISION PUTS MINNS ON COLLISION COURSE WITH COUNCILS

Councils controlling low-density residential areas will be forced to allow
terraces, duplexes, walk-up flats to be built.

 * Nov 27, 2023
 * Samantha Hutchinson

 * Opinion
 * Opinion


HOUSING AND MIGRATION HAVE COLLIDED. ONE WILL HAVE TO GIVE

The high immigration numbers are a temporary spike. But that does not help with
the spectacular failure of housing supply to meet demand.

 * Nov 14, 2023
 * Chris Richardson

 * Property market


OWNERS OFFERED $10,000 TO KEEP WA PROPERTIES OFF AIRBNB

The West Australian government says it can afford to offer incentives to
property owners to help relieve the housing crisis, unlike indebted Victoria
where a short-stay levy has been introduced.

 * Nov 9, 2023
 * Tom Rabe


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TURNING OLD HOTELS INTO HOMES MAY EASE HOUSING CRISIS

Australia’s housing shortage means the country needs more of a stock boost than
it can build from scratch. And, there’s one ageing asset class that might help.

 * Oct 30, 2023
 * Michael Bleby

 * Big four


SPIKE IN CREDIT CARDS AND PERSONAL LOAN DEMAND SUGGESTS PAIN AHEAD

Equifax holds credit data on almost 20 million Australians. Its international
president, Lisa Nelson, says banks are monitoring unsecured loans closely.

 * Oct 30, 2023
 * James Eyers

 * Opinion
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FLAWED POLICIES ARE INTENSIFYING CHINA’S PROPERTY MARKET WOES

Two years after Chinese property giant Evergrande defaulted on its debt, Chinese
policymakers are struggling to come up with ways to stem the worsening real
estate crisis.

 * Oct 2, 2023
 * Karen Maley


SEPTEMBER 2023

 * Analysis
 * NSW budget


THE REAL CHALLENGE HIDING IN A LOW-KEY BUDGET

The NSW budget’s promise of better service delivery is setting up a serious
challenge for the new state government led by unassuming Chris Minns.

 * Sep 22, 2023
 * Samantha Hutchinson

 * Property market


‘I’M NOT RICH, I’M A SINGLE MUM’: AIRBNB TAX HITS PROPERTY OWNERS

Leanne Taylor is a 47-year-old solo mother of two teenagers who is battling to
get ahead – something made harder by Daniel Andrews’ 7.5 per cent short-term
rental tax, the first in the country.

 * Sep 20, 2023
 * Patrick Durkin


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 * The Fin


WHY THE GENDER PAY GAP WILL GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER

This week on The Fin podcast, BOSS editor Sally Patten and reporter Hannah
Wootton on why the gender pay gap exists, who are the worst offenders and what
can be done to fix it.

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PATIENT POWELL STILL EXPECTS RATE CUTS IN 2024

The US economy appears nowhere near the point of falling into recession, Federal
Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said, but he noted it remains unclear when the
central bank may cut interest rates.

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