This Month
Minns unveils plan for 200k homes, powered by Metro rail links
A new combined housing and Metro rail strategy will pave the way for almost 200,000 new homes across Sydney.
- Samantha Hutchinson
November
CBA’s mortgage lending book returns to growth
The bank has arrested a shrinking mortgage book, which returned to growth in October as the bank refocused on winning new customers with digital offers.
- James Eyers
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.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Offset home loans with superannuation, says Liberal
Senator Andrew Bragg is proposing home borrowers be allowed to shift their superannuation balances into mortgage offset accounts to reduce the sting of interest rate rises.
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- John Kehoe
October
Minns rules out Victorian empty homes tax for NSW
NSW Premier Chris Minns will tackle housing affordability by building more homes, rather than imposing ‘use it, or lose it’ measures on landowners to boost supply
- Samantha Hutchinson
September
The CBA-backed start-up that wants to pay your home deposit
OwnHome plans to lend customers their deposit, but charges high interest rates and does not yet work with the major banks.
- Nick Bonyhady
Americans can barely afford homes – and that’s a problem for Biden
Housing affordability could shape young voters’ views of their own prosperity and the wider US economy, creating a political vulnerability for President Joe Biden.
- Mark Niquette
The BTR pipeline has surged 50pc - but doubts grow for some projects
While enthusiasm for the new housing type is good, there are also signs some developers are riding the bandwagon without intending to build even one home.
- Michael Bleby
Buying a house cheaper than renting in only 3pc of suburbs
And only 6.5 per cent of all unit markets nationwide are more affordable for buyers than renters since interest rates started to rise.
- Nila Sweeney
August
Andrews urged to scrap stamp duty to ease housing crisis
The Victorian government has been urged to consider dropping stamp duty for a broad-based land tax.
- Gus McCubbing
Melbourne’s plan to crack down on short-stay accommodation
Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp has a plan to crack down on short-stay accommodation and push more properties into the long-term rental market.
- Gus McCubbing
‘Get your skates on’ and release land for housing, states told
Economists and property experts warn Australia will struggle to meet Labor’s ambitious target of 1.2 million new homes.
- Gus McCubbing, Andrew Tillett and Larry Schlesinger
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Housing promises defy a devilish problem
National cabinet wants to persuade Australians that governments can co-operate to address the housing crisis, but the pressure is on to help tenants.
- Jennifer Hewett
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PM must drive a wooden stake through the rent control vampire
Instead of sucking the life out of housing supply, national cabinet should purse four practical steps to improve it.
- Mike Zorbas
Vic housing scheme part of Andrews’ planning ‘takeover’
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has accused Premier Daniel Andrews of wanting to stage a takeover of planning powers and sideline local communities.
- Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin
‘No housing shortage’, Daniel Andrews’ lawyer tells judge
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the solution to the housing crisis is more housing and land supply but reality doesn’t really match political reality.
- Patrick Durkin
Airbnb pushes for guests to pay government fee
Airbnb, locals councils and a tourism body have all urged the Victorian government to take control of Airbnb regulation but are divided on the use of caps.
- Gus McCubbing
Labor, Greens to meet over housing impasse
The government and the Greens will hold talks this week in a bid to break the Senate impasse over the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund.
- Phillip Coorey
Victoria’s definition of ‘corruption’ fails the pub test: ex watchdog
Former IBAC head Robert Redlich says misconduct uncovered by an inquiry he ran should amount to corruption, and the rise of political advisers in Victoria is not serving the public interest.
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- Gus McCubbing
July
Banks raise rates faster than the RBA as they claw back margins
Mortgage rates for new customers of the big banks are up 0.32 percentage points more than the central bank’s official rate rises this year, new data shows.
- James Eyers and Lucas Baird
