This Month
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- Property development
More than 1000 apartments to rise from old Sydney Fish Market site
A long-heralded plan to transform the site into housing is gaining momentum, as three major developers are shortlisted for the $1.5 billion project.
- Campbell Kwan
- Exclusive
- Skills shortage
Tradies to join yoga instructors on core migration skills list
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the federal government was moving to address critical shortages, including in new home construction.
- Tom McIlroy and Michael Read
November
The $1.5b housing opportunity at Westfield Hornsby
Seven of Sydney’s transport hubs have been earmarked for fast-track housing development. Mall giant Scentre is an early winner, and says much more can be done.
- Nick Lenaghan
- Opinion
- First-home buyers
Tweak lending rules to tilt the scales for first home buyers
Reforms to prudential regulation will be a solution for many Millennials and Gen Zs missing out on the Australian dream.
- Andrew Bragg
Tens of thousands of Spaniards protest housing crunch and high rents
The lack of affordable housing has become an urgent concern in Spain, mirroring the housing crunch across many parts of the world.
- Joseph Wilson and Hernán Muñoz
Plug-and-play homes can be cheap, but are not for everyone
Ingenia Communities’ John Carfi welcomes federal government plans to make it easier to finance prefabricated homes, but warns against going beyond that.
- Campbell Kwan
- Exclusive
- Property development
Why new apartments don’t sell and old ones do
A combination of high interest rates and weaker prices make established housing stock more attractive to buyers than apartments built as costs soared.
- Michael Bleby
How the Aussie dream is making the housing crisis worse
Pakistani migrant turned property developer Khurram Saeed says the Victorian government cannot rely on apartment construction to meet its ambitious housing targets.
- Gus McCubbing
- Exclusive
- Property development
5700 new homes can be built on Sydney’s north shore. Why aren’t they?
About 170,000 square metres of development land on Sydney’s north shore is on the market. But some developers are holding back.
- Campbell Kwan
How a year-long wait worsens the housing crisis
A near 12-month wait for a Thai property developer for approvals to buy housing estates could deter other foreign developers, warns adviser Joseph Gersh.
- John Kehoe
Stockland bumps up earnings after buying Lendlease estates
The mega deal hands 12 greenfield projects to Stockland to develop in the midst of a housing crisis when new homes are in hot demand.
- Nick Lenaghan
‘Glut of empty bedrooms’ looms as houses outpace apartments
The pipeline of detached houses far outstrips that of apartments – and the gap is widening. But this may not be the housing we need.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Analysis
- Matt Comyn
Five fixes to the housing crisis – from smaller homes to more builders
From more migrants with building skills to incentivising different types of housing, three chief executives give their suggestions on how to develop more homes.
- Campbell Kwan and James Eyers
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Doing more with less will not solve the housing crisis
Building costs have stopped rising quickly, but could easily take off again if builders are bidding for labour and materials against our other good causes.
- Anthony Macdonald
October
- Opinion
- Opinion
This is why new housing isn’t getting built
All the talk is about the planning process, zoning and development approvals. But projects won’t go ahead if they don’t stack up.
- Robert Harley
Remember the GFC in loan buffer debate
Letters from readers on cutting the 3 per cent serviceability buffer on home loans, a tax holiday for young people, AUKUS, Richard White, Lidia Thorpe and King Charles.
Giant $1.5b build-to-rent housing project slated for Marrickville
The massive project is put forward as a state significant development. Fully funded, work can begin as soon as approval is granted by the NSW government.
- Nick Lenaghan
Housing crisis could run eight more years: Mirvac boss
Mirvac chief executive Campbell Hanan has warned that if governments do not pare back infrastructure spending, then housing shortages could run for much longer.
- Campbell Kwan
Broken planning system slows home approvals
Readers’ letters on how to speed up housing starts; subcontractors and developers; Anthony Albanese’s home purchase; gas for Japan; climate migration; and Scott Morrison’s space job.
- Opinion
- Opinion
How we could free up 50,000 new home mortgages
The government looks at flawed schemes to boost housing demand without thinking of how to increase the supply of mortgages.
- Andrew Bragg
