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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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Rental application process: why feedback doesn’t exist and what you can actually control

Dozens of applications, zero explanations. The rental approval system runs on opacity by design, and that creates a fairness problem separate from affordability.

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WA foreign developer duty exemption gambles on offshore capital

Foreign developers building for sale in WA now skip transfer duty -- but will it unlock stalled projects or just subsidise developments already breaking ground?

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First home buyer scheme hits 250,000: but did it add supply or displace it?

The 5% deposit program saved buyers $2.3bn in LMI costs, yet the net effect on housing stock remains unclear, where did those properties come from?

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Migration and housing demand: the timing gap the RBA won’t talk about

Central bank says arrivals add supply as fast as they add demand. The rental market and construction pipeline tell a different story.

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Migration cuts construction workforce gap: 50,000 trades short

Federal government weighs visa restrictions while state premiers warn the same workers are needed to build the housing supply meant to ease pressure.

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Superannuation early access: the inflationary risk no one’s modelling

A proposal to let renters and mortgage holders tap super for three years raises a question the policy's backers won't answer: what happens when that cash hits the housing market?

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Regional population growth could hit 6.2m by 2050, if the gap closes

Rural Australia has the demographic runway to absorb millions more residents, but infrastructure investment and policy settings haven't followed.

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New home construction costs: where builder margin ends and input costs begin

Builders push back on margin accusations, but the actual breakdown of what drives new home prices tells a more complex story.

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RentTech privacy Victoria: platforms dodge new tenant data laws

Victorian rental reforms capped what agents can ask, but platforms are encouraging 'voluntary' disclosures outside the application, and other states have no guardrails at all.

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Private credit due diligence under ASIC microscope as Bathla probe widens

ASIC's demand for documents from Bathla's lenders signals scrutiny of disclosure standards across private credit's $150bn property finance book.

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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

Rental application process: why feedback doesn’t exist and what you can actually control

WA foreign developer duty exemption gambles on offshore capital

First home buyer scheme hits 250,000: but did it add supply or displace it?

Migration and housing demand: the timing gap the RBA won’t talk about

Migration cuts construction workforce gap: 50,000 trades short

Superannuation early access: the inflationary risk no one’s modelling

Regional population growth could hit 6.2m by 2050, if the gap closes

New home construction costs: where builder margin ends and input costs begin

RentTech privacy Victoria: platforms dodge new tenant data laws

Private credit due diligence under ASIC microscope as Bathla probe widens

Sydney housing affordability: why rezoning alone won’t fix $3m units

Property supply freeze risk: policy downturn hits housing pipeline

Super for housing deposit: why the inflation math doesn’t add up

Housing target tax changes break the development equation

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