How councils can protect community hubs – starting with Bristol's Hamilton House
Oct 28, 2018 13:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
In the coming weeks, Bristol City Council will play an instrumental role in determining the fate of Hamilton House a vibrant community hub in Stokes Croft, the area where street artist Banksy began his career. The...
The housing market might deflate, but it might pop. Here's how
Oct 20, 2018 06:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
There are two things that can happen to an asset price bubble. It can burst dramatically, or deflate slowly. Which brings us to the Australian housing market. Prices in Sydney and Melbourne continue to decline at a...
'Just like home'. New survey finds most renters enjoy renting, although for many it's expensive
Oct 09, 2018 12:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
One in every four Australian households rents, and its not just those on low incomes. A new nationally representative survey of 3,182 renters, funded by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, finds that while 60% of...
Affordable home-ownership scheme offers a pathway out of social housing
Oct 04, 2018 15:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Social housing is in crisis in Australia, with almost 200,000 people on waiting lists. Social housing made up 8% of all housing stock in Australia in 1966. This had fallen to just 4.3% at July 2016. As a result,...
Ten lessons from cities that have risen to the affordable housing challenge
Sep 28, 2018 08:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Imagine planning a public transport system for a large city by providing one bus at a time on one route that might serve a few dozen people (but nobody knows how many). That is what planning for housing affordability looks...
When falling home ownership and ageing baby boomers collide
Sep 25, 2018 10:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Until now, the majority of older people in Australia have achieved the goal of owning their own home outright. Hence, policymakers have typically shown little concern about the size and budget costs of rental housing...
Put unused and 'lazy' land to work to ease the affordable housing crisis
Sep 09, 2018 20:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Greater Melbourne officially became home to 5 million people last month thats almost 90% of the states population. This growth is fuelling the citys affordable housing crisis. According to the amended Planning and...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight