Housing affordability
Rosehill ‘megacity’ plan hangs by a thread as internal divisions laid bare
A parliamentary inquiry has heard Australian Turf Club directors have never been provided with a valuation for the racecourse site showing it was worth $5 billion.
- by Michael Koziol
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How high interest rates nipped a housing market ‘supernova’ in the bud
It’s getting harder to buy a home, but economists have issued a fresh warning that it isn’t as bad as it could be.
- by Jim Malo
How years of higher rates helped the most affordable properties outpace the top end
While rates remain on hold, the prospects of cuts may add fuel to the fire as sheer demand for affordability has pushed prices higher.
- by Jim Malo and Tawar Razaghi
‘Parents are kicking in $200,000 or $1 million’: Home deposit gap widens
It can now take a dual-income couple almost a decade to save a deposit for their first home, but many buyers have another way.
- by Elizabeth Redman
The wild rooftop garden in Redfern that took home a prize
Gardens, courtyards and sheds. That’s the theme of the winners of this year’s residential architecture awards, including House of the Year.
- by Julie Power
Opinion
Public housing
How to solve Australia’s housing crisis
Governments have neglected their fundamental obligation to realise everyone’s human right to housing and home.
- by Kevin Bell
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Development
Revealed: Huge plan for new offices and parks at Glebe Island - but no homes
A political stoush has erupted over the future of Sydney’s Bays West precinct, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying housing was a better option.
- by Michael Koziol
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Development
Secret review to decide on removing ports for housing at Glebe Island
The state government has commissioned a secret review from a former Treasury boss into whether the working ports at Glebe Island should be moved to make way for high-density housing.
- by Michael Koziol
The unlikely Sydney suburb in line for new 30-storey towers
A plan to build 1200 apartments in Five Dock is one of dozens of major projects lodged under the Minns government’s new incentive scheme for affordable housing.
- by Michael Koziol
NSW needs a housing ‘supremo’ to override rival government agencies, says alliance
An alliance of business groups, unions and universities says the housing “sausage grinder” is not working quick enough, but the appointment of such a tsar could fix that.
- by Michael Koziol
The type of property that was supposed to get cheaper – but soared
A “perfect storm” of rising demand and scant supply has been putting upward pressure on prices since the pandemic began.
- by Shona Hendley