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Melbourne housing records biggest value drop nationally
Posted on 09/06/2012 | No CommentsThe RP Data-Rismark Stratified Hedonic Index shows Melbourne’s premium market recorded falls in value of 7.9 percent, followed by Melbourne’s middle market with falls of 6.9 percent. Adelaide’s most affordable... -
Are huge homes irresponsible?
Posted on 16/08/2011 | No CommentsHuge houses on the urban fringe are an irresponsible drain on the environment, according to this opinion piece by Dr Robert Crawford from Melbourne University. There are two charges here... -
SEQ Housing Forum
Posted on 27/06/2011 | No CommentsThe Council of Mayors has established an online forum to hear the community’s views on affordable housing for the South East Queensland (SEQ) region. The website also provides resources, photos,... -
Perth property on the slide as Sydney steams ahead
Posted on 01/06/2011 | No CommentsPerth was once predicted to overtake Sydney as Australia’s most expensive city for property. Perth’s staggering drop in property prices has been laid bare with figures released today showing the... -
Return of a decade that redefined style
Posted on 30/05/2011 | No CommentsIn the 1960s, Ken Woolley’s striking modernist house designs, with their flat roofs, functional use of space and standardised materials, were seen as radical, almost dangerous, in a country still... -
Affordable housing policy dumped
Posted on 20/05/2011 | No CommentsTHE Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, has called an immediate halt to new development applications made under a controversial policy designed to boost affordable housing for low- and middle-income-earners, and announced... -
Productivity Commission delivers governments a road map to reform state planning systems
Posted on 17/05/2011 | No CommentsThe Productivity Commission has today handed the federal and state governments a road map for the reform of the nation’s tired town planning laws, according to the Urban Taskforce. The... -
Population strategy fails credibility test
Posted on 15/05/2011 | 1 CommentThe Property Council of Australia says the Gillard Government’s Population Strategy fails the credibility test and it runs the risk of damaging Australia’s long-term prosperity. “This is not a detailed... -
Demolishing the popular perception of property
Posted on 11/05/2011 | 2 Comments“Why do objectors invariably caricature developers as ‘greedy’? And yet, bizarrely enough, these are often the same people who drone on about the need for affordable housing.” Bernard Salt, Partner... -
Home owning dream withers
Posted on 17/04/2011 | No CommentsPROSPECTIVE first-home owners are giving up their dreams of owning property in massive numbers as less generous government assistance and a tight housing market push the property ladder out of...