Property Market

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Business & Economics

Is it time to stamp out stamp duty?

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

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Business & Economics

Home ownership stays a pipe dream for many

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

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Business & Economics

Too many eggs in the property wealth basket

Australian’s over-reliance on property for wealth generation will weigh on the economy if house prices drop, but falling small business ownership looms as a bigger problem

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Business & Economics

The impact of COVID-19 on Australia’s housing market

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

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Politics & Society

Where to now for Australian property?

The COVID-19 hit to the economy is accelerating some trends that were already underway in Australia’s different property markets

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Business & Economics

What comes after the housing boom?

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

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Business & Economics

Greater density or urban sprawl

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

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Business & Economics

Buying a house? How property data can help

A new set of sale and rental figures shows trends down to the street and house

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