If you squat in a vacant property, does the law give you the house for free? Well, sort of
Apr 12, 2024 03:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Nothing excites law students like the idea of a free house. Or alternatively, enrages them. It depends on their politics. As a result, academics condemned to teaching property law find it hard to resist the doctrine of...
Stamp duty is holding us back from moving homes – we’ve worked out how much
Mar 18, 2024 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
This article is part of The Conversations series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. If just one state of Australia, New South Wales, scrapped its stamp duty on real-estate...
Housing policies need to fully consider market dynamics to move beyond ‘tall and sprawl’ cities
Mar 16, 2024 07:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
The federal Task Force for Housing and Climate recently released its final recommendations for solving Canadas housing crisis. The Blueprint for More and Better Housing contains suggestions for adding new affordable and...
What is negative gearing and what is it doing to housing affordability?
Mar 06, 2024 22:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
This article is part of The Conversations series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. Australias housing crisis is putting the Australian dream to own ones home out of reach for...
Rent regulations are no silver bullet, but they would help make renting fairer
Jan 10, 2024 08:52 am UTC| Business Law Real Estate
Virtually every week brings news of rising rents or a story of still more renters forced out of their homes by unmanageable rent increases. The Australian Bureau of Statistics says rents climbed 6.6% in the year to...
Why you may not be able to get on the housing ladder or buy a bigger home in 2024
Jan 04, 2024 04:37 am UTC| Investing Economy Real Estate
Five million more UK households could feel the effects of recent interest rate increases in coming years. Roughly the same number have already been forced to remortgage since the recent spate of rate rises began in 2021,...
How a hybrid heating system could lower your bills and shrink your carbon footprint
Dec 05, 2023 05:38 am UTC| Business Real Estate
To heat your home without damaging the climate, you will need to replace your gas boiler. UK government advisers recommend switching to appliances that run on electricity. However, if a root-and-branch conversion to...
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