Sydney home price downturn plunges past 10 per cent
The nation's median dwelling value has fallen more than $63,000 in seven months as rate rises and the federal budget weigh on demand.
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Cagey buyers push home sales rates to post-pandemic low
The share of homes selling under the hammer has plummeted to a post-pandemic low as would-be buyers brace for another interest rate rise.
Building net zero: architects call for housing rethink
A challenge to make Australian homes greener has found smarter design, better materials and renovating rather than rebuilding can dramatically cut emissions.
Building for plants of the future wins national award
A research facility for plants that can deal with climate change is among the projects recognised at the 2026 national architecture awards.
Housing a bright spot in otherwise grim inflation print
As prices rise for fuel, video games and just about everything else, the cost of buying a new home has remained flat.
House prices plummet as Labor points to bigger picture
The government is urging home-owners to keep the faith as a house-price slump gains the hallmarks of an historic downturn.
Housing downturn forecast to run up to 15 per cent
Home owners are being warned house prices could keep falling until the second half of 2027 and are unlikely to bounce back quickly.
Regional home prices holding up as city slickers suffer
As gloom envelops the property market, home owners outside of the major cities have at least seen values rise over the past 12 months.
Bottom of house-price slide, rent peak ‘fair way off’
Renters and home-owners are likely to be in pain for some time yet as a fight picks up over whether tenants should be protected by caps.
New migrants make for proud but anxious Aussies
Migrants value their Australian identity and feel they are improving productivity and innovation despite concerns with skilled migration settings from industry.
Tax changes ‘crack the nut’ on housing affordability
Property investors and real estate agents are reeling as Australia's housing downturn deepens, but for young Australians the positives are growing.
Sydney rents fall despite fears of a post-budget spike
Even though Labor's tax changes have pushed some investors out of the market, rental vacancy rates have climbed and price growth has eased across Australia.
Industry wants visas for skills that ‘really matter’
Prospective migrants wanting to travel to Australia for apprenticeships should be eligible for student visas, business leaders argue.
Housing target slips further away as data centres boom
Australia's housing construction pipeline is the largest it's been, but headwinds are growing as the nation aims to build 1.2 million homes in five years.
Spain’s PM calls election amid pressure over housing
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early election for November 29 after Spain's parliament rejected his government's key housing decrees.
Auctions flop as home buyers digest rising rates
Australia's auction clearance rates have dropped to nearly their lowest levels of the year as another interest rate rise eats into buyer budgets.
Riders rally over potholes as land tax cut locked in
Land taxes will be slashed regardless of who wins Victoria's election in a pledge that could save 250,000 people sizeable sums.
Housing market downturn the steepest in four decades
First-home buyers are being told they will be in a better position to afford a property once Australia's widening housing downturn runs its course.
Danish architect helped Aussie cities find their mojo
Danish nonagenarian architect Jan Gehl has helped inject Copenhagen's walkability and cycling culture into Australian cities over the past 35 years.
Little incentive to have kids and no way to move out
How the cost of living and policy has impacted Australians has been laid bare in the latest update of the nation's longest running and broadest reaching survey.
‘Doing what we want’: Labor stands by housing tax moves
Tax changes will help boost housing supply in the long run, even though a downturn is impacting new home sales, the housing minister says.
Coalition slams ‘Big Brother’ social media reform bill
The opposition is declaring the government's digital duty-of-care laws the "Big Brother bill", doubling down on its stance to block the reforms in parliament.
Sellers flee auctions as housing downturn deepens
More than three in five homes listed for auction converted to private treaty in July, the highest rate since the 2022 downturn, property site Domain has found.
Reserve Bank’s grim rates warning as oil prices spike
The war in the Middle East is threatening to push oil prices back above the crucial $US100 a barrel mark and make inflation even harder to get back to target.
‘Economically disastrous’: Hanson’s super policy panned
Allowing workers to divert a quarter of their super income to rent and mortgage payments won't pump up inflation, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson insists.
Developer hammered as staff stood down, projects paused
The business model of a crumbling development firm has been labelled strange and opaque, after workers were stood down and construction projects halted.
Cold start to nation’s normally hot home sales season
The property market is yet to shake off its winter chill as capital cities reported fewer auctions in the first week of the normally busy spring sales season.
Worse than 2007: productivity stat bad news for the RBA
Low productivity means Australia's economy is growing above its "speed limit", amplifying concerns the Reserve Bank will hike interest rates again.
Property market to face ‘deeper correction’, bank warns
Property prices in major capitals are set to fall even further, one of the big four banks has cautioned, following a further downturn in the last month.
‘Perfect storm’: builder collapses, buyers in lurch
Insolvency experts have been called in to help rescue a major property developer which has thousands of homes to build across three states.
Median rental unaffordable for Australians on $130,000
The median rental costs more than half the pay of an average worker in every Australian capital city, a report by Everybody's Home has found.