House Prices

Even though stamp duty is highly inefficient, replacing it with an alternative tax will always be controversial – but what are the options?

Despite rising numbers of new home loans amid the COVID-19 economic recovery, the outlook for housing affordability remains bleak and more of us will be renting long term

As the world faces one of the fastest and largest global economic contractions in living memory, Australia’s house prices are likely to fall for months – possibly years

As Melbourne’s population hits 5 million, with the largest annual increase of any city in Australia’s history over the last year, Victoria must use its land wisely to meet the growing need for affordable housing

Every year, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, or HILDA, gives us a snapshot of the economic and social wellbeing of Australians

The age group with the highest proportion of renters moving into home-ownership each year is now the 55-64 year-olds

After 25 years recession free - could our complacency about Australia’s euphoric house market be coming to an end?

The 2017 HILDA Survey of Australians’ economic and social well-being shows that many young homeowners are struggling to pay down debt, if they can get into the market at all, putting in doubt the sustainability of the retirement system

After surging for five years, Australia’s hot property market may finally be cooling. So what happens if house prices fall?

Regional development and apartment living hold keys to fixing the burgeoning problem of the housing challenge