Housing affordability
What the Great Australian Dream looks like today
As house prices rise, young people are rethinking home ownership, and some are finding creative new ways to live.
- Caroline Zielinski and Alice Uribe
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What was the Great Australian Dream?
Work hard, buy a home, maybe an investment property down the track: the rational decisions of the past have given way to a different future.
- Caroline Zielinski and Alice Uribe
This housing style was once destined for the wrecking ball. Now it is winning new fans
Derided in parts of Sydney as a form of slum housing, this familiar residential style is now touted as a supply solution.
- Robyn Willis
The zombie debate about negative gearing is back. What’s at stake?
Negative gearing is back on the agenda. Labor says it’s just looking at possible policy. The Greens are squeezing the government for big changes. Here’s what it all means.
- Millie Muroi
How Brisbane just leapfrogged Sydney for property pain
It’s a gut punch to first home buyer hopefuls after property prices soared over the past five years. Is there any relief?
- Sarah Webb
The type of Melbourne property that’s cheaper than five years ago
Making a purchase a decade ago was a good way to get onto the property ladder, but the path is less straightforward today, experts say.
- Caroline Zielinski
‘Shocking’: The pocket of Sydney that’s now Millionaire’s Row
After prices rose 64 per cent in five years, mortgage costs blew out and potential buyers are thinking about compromises.
- Dan F Stapleton
Vincent’s unit block was riddled with problems. He found a clever fix
The Sydney unit owner drew up a program to fix leaks and replace failing awnings and combustible cladding, and he’s far from alone.
- Sue Williams
Tax change would help first timers get a home: Treasury
Former Reserve Bank governor Bernie Fraser also told the inquiry a cartel “including politicians” was opposed to anything that would cut house prices.
- Shane Wright
How much you need to earn to buy a house now
For the average sole wage earner, the dream of buying a median-priced house is “basically dead and buried”, experts warn.
- Dan F Stapleton