Interest in tiny houses is growing, so who wants them and why?
Sep 25, 2017 12:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Tiny houses are now so popular that someone was charged with stealing one last week. A social media campaign tracked its journey from Canberra to Hervey Bay. My research to date has found a marked increase in people who...
How governments have widened the gap between generations in home ownership
Aug 29, 2017 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Various government policies have fuelled the demand for housing over time, expanding the wealth of older home owners and pushing it further and further beyond the reach of young would-be home buyers. A new study highlights...
'Build to rent' could be the missing piece of the affordable housing puzzle
Aug 29, 2017 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Australias state governments, as well as some ambitious local councils, community housing providers and forward-looking private developers, are finally taking note of the housing affordability crisis in our cities. One...
What's equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?
Aug 28, 2017 15:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
More and more of us living in denser cities where apartments and high-rise developments are increasingly common. This creates specific health concerns for residents of these areas, and for lower-income households in...
Why should the state wriggle out of providing public housing?
Jun 20, 2017 05:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
The Victorian governments 2017 housing policy contains a bulk transfer of public housing to housing associations. Housing Minister Martin Foleys explanation is that the state is a terrible housing manager. A similar...
Vital Signs: have we finally reached 'peak' house prices?
Jun 02, 2017 12:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Real Estate
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting...
The insecurity of private renters – how do they manage it?
May 24, 2017 06:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
A growing proportion of Australian households depend on the private rental sector for accommodation. This growth has occurred despite substantial insecurity of tenure under the law, unlike other countries with high private...
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