Foreign buyers: Easy target, bigger problem elsewhere?
Independent journalist Tarric Brooker’s claim that foreign buyers purchase as many existing homes in a year as property investors do in a month has...
Rents dip in pockets, strain lingers nationwide
There’s a peculiar tension in the air. On one hand, renters in parts of Queensland and Hobart are finally seeing their weekly burdens lighten....
Fast-tracked homes approved in Brunswick and Springvale
Nearly 150 new homes will soon rise in Melbourne’s suburbs of Brunswick and Springvale as part of the Allan Labor Government’s strategy to deliver...
The rent went down. No, really
Melbourne, a city long associated with laneways, lattes and lengthy leases, is now serving up a rare treat for renters—price drops. Yes, actual rent...
“Affordable by 2111”: Brooker’s Sydney forecast unpacks the housing delusion
Sydney’s housing crisis has a new number: 86 years. That’s how long it would take for the median home in Australia’s largest city to...
Fast-tracked and job-ready: SA’s new apprentice scheme picks up the pace
South Australia is tightening its work boots and picking up the pace on training new tradies with a pilot program that aims to deliver...
Commercial beats resi—and Scott’s got the math
Scott O’Neill doesn’t need a hype reel. Founder of Rethink Investing and owner of a commercial property portfolio now north of $150 million, O’Neill...