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Rent caps Australia: 80% back them, but what do they do?

A new poll says four in five Australians want rents capped or frozen. The harder question is who pays when supply tightens.

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WA pre-sale scheme: a $250m backstop shifts risk, not the bank test

A $250m fund aims to help WA apartment developers reach construction finance. Whether it adds homes depends on who ends up carrying the risk.

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Foreign investor property tax Victoria: Labor flags a review

Labor says it will review Victoria's two overseas-buyer taxes if re-elected. The harder question is whether that brings in new homes or just more bidders.

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Victorian reserve price laws: who gains when sellers show their hand

Some Melbourne vendors are already publishing reserves under new state laws. In a falling market, that could change who holds the power at auction.

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Co-housing redevelopment: how Melbourne friends pooled land to triple density

Two Melbourne groups turned single suburban blocks into tri-townhouse developments, but the finance, planning and legal structure needs four years and specific professional capital.

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Land title dispute leaves Mornington families fighting for backyards

Homeowners in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula are being told to surrender parts of their properties they've maintained for decades, and council says it has no record of any agreement.

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Developer insolvency uncovers $700m gap administrators can’t trace

Administrators report a seven-hundred-million-dollar shortfall with no clear paper trail, raising questions about what lenders actually knew.

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Brisbane rezoning 27,000 homes: supply numbers vs delivery reality

Bowen Hills gets height limits doubled and planning fast-tracked, but construction capacity and feasibility will decide if 27,000 dwellings actually arrive.

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Builder insolvencies: how contract type decides who survives cost blow-outs

Wage bills at 30-year highs, input costs spiking, yet builders are still signing fixed-price deals to win work. Who absorbs the squeeze and what it means for your build.

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Granny flat approval: state rules, timelines and whether the numbers stack up

Secondary dwellings are selling as a density fix, but approval speeds and construction costs vary wildly by state, and not every block makes money.

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New home construction supply: the 213,000-unit gap nobody’s solving

Sales down four months straight, apprentice numbers tracking the same way, and the policy lever that was supposed to fix this just made it worse.

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First-home buyer demand drops 20pc as policy creates wait-and-see

New mortgage figures show first-home buyer activity at a four-year low, but the decline started before the tax changes took effect.

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Affordable housing definition: why $1,100/week rents qualify and what changes

A federal bill proposes the first national standard for affordable housing. Without one, schemes worth billions lack income links.

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Mortgage super contribution diversion: the $31k interest trade-off

One Nation's 3% pay redirection could cut a decade off loan repayments, but the retirement gap widens fast.

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Rent caps Australia: 80% back them, but what do they do?

WA pre-sale scheme: a $250m backstop shifts risk, not the bank test

Foreign investor property tax Victoria: Labor flags a review

Victorian reserve price laws: who gains when sellers show their hand

Co-housing redevelopment: how Melbourne friends pooled land to triple density

Land title dispute leaves Mornington families fighting for backyards

Developer insolvency uncovers $700m gap administrators can’t trace

Brisbane rezoning 27,000 homes: supply numbers vs delivery reality

Builder insolvencies: how contract type decides who survives cost blow-outs

Granny flat approval: state rules, timelines and whether the numbers stack up

New home construction supply: the 213,000-unit gap nobody’s solving

First-home buyer demand drops 20pc as policy creates wait-and-see

Affordable housing definition: why $1,100/week rents qualify and what changes

Mortgage super contribution diversion: the $31k interest trade-off

Modular housing Australia: can 10,000 imported homes break the supply gridlock?

Financial adviser qualifications lift clears 85%, what it means for brokers

Co-housing Australia: from lifestyle fringe to affordability strategy

Queensland credit downgrade: tracking the fiscal squeeze from bonds to building sites

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