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Australia’s Land Markets Will be Sluggish in 2023
Zoning
Thursday March 30 2023

Australia’s Land Markets Will be Sluggish in 2023

Markets for vacant residential land across Australia will remain sluggish in 2023, a leading researcher says.

Imagining the future for commercial property
Commercial
Thursday March 30 2023

Imagining the future for commercial property

Often when people talk about the future for commercial property, it is either a slight tinkering with business as usual, or it’s a vision of highly...

Housing Supply Crisis Requires All Shoulders to the Wheel
Zoning
Thursday March 16 2023

Housing Supply Crisis Requires All Shoulders to the Wheel

At the centre of the Albanese Government’s National Housing Accord is a commitment to deliver one million homes nation-wide over 5 years. 

Housing Construction Lending Sinks to 14-Year Low
Residential
Sunday March 5 2023

Housing Construction Lending Sinks to 14-Year Low

Activity in lending to finance new home construction throughout Australia has hit its lowest level in more than fourteen years, new data shows.

Housing Affordability and Superannuation – Commentators are missing the elephant in the room
Zoning
Monday February 27 2023

Housing Affordability and Superannuation – Commentators are missing the elephant in the room

There’s a lot of talk at present regarding to role of superannuation funds, their purpose, tax concessions and their involvement (or not) in affordable housing.

Are NSW Developers and Company Directors Now Liable for Building Defects?
Business
Monday February 13 2023

Are NSW Developers and Company Directors Now Liable for Building Defects?

Under the Home Building Act 1989, claimants in defective building cases against corporate builders and/or corporate developers may hit a roadblock in the case of ultimate insolvency of...

Demand Holds Up Even as Supply Pushes Office Vacancies to 25-Year Highs
Commercial
Thursday February 2 2023

Demand Holds Up Even as Supply Pushes Office Vacancies to 25-Year Highs

Demand for office space across major Australian cities continues to hold up reasonably well, the latest data shows.

Zoning
12 May, 2020
Stokes to discuss NSW land clearing halt

NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes will attend an urgent meeting with a South Coast property developer following a push to halt land clearing in the bushfire-ravaged...

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Residential
15 Apr, 2020
Vic reveals $500m COVID-19 rental relief

The six-month ban on evictions and rent increases for both commercial and residential tenants, as well as tax relief for landlords, was announced by Premier Daniel...

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Business
14 Apr, 2020
Property Scheme Victims Face More Anxiety

The coronavirus pandemic has heaped further anxiety on dozens of retirees who lost their life savings in a collapsed Australian property scheme.

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Residential
24 Mar, 2020
Real estate auctions will be banned

All real estate auctions and open house inspections will be cancelled amid tougher restrictions on gatherings of people in a bid to stem the spread of...

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Zoning
20 Feb, 2020
Administrator to run Melb's Casey council

An interim administrator has been appointed to take charge of Melbourne's scandal-plagued Casey council, after Victoria's parliament voted to sack its councillors.

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Zoning
13 Jan, 2020
Qld councillors got funds for own projects

Former Ipswich councillors spent millions of ratepayer dollars on projects in their own areas instead of funding initiatives that would have benefited the Queensland city as...

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Residential
18 Dec, 2019
Owner-occupier loans outstrip investors

Mortgage lending expanded in October, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics numbers indicating activity by owner-occupiers continued to outpace that of investors.

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Business
6 Dec, 2019
Qld council seeks $2.5m from Palmer firms

A Queensland council is pursuing two of Clive Palmer's companies in court seeking millions owed in rates and water charges.

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Business
6 Dec, 2019
NSW real estate agent stole from tenants

A Sydney real estate agent who had a penchant for cocaine and used tenants' rental bonds to fund his addiction has been spared jail.

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