How small wealthy suburbs contribute to regional housing problems

Jul 11, 2023 06:46 am UTC| Real Estate Economy

The odd headlines about little towns in the San Francisco Bay Area just keep coming. First Woodside, a tiny suburb where several Silicon Valley CEOs have lived, tried to declare itself a mountain lion habitat to evade a...

How the UK's mortgage rescue deal could help or hurt you – in part depending on where you live

Jul 04, 2023 07:41 am UTC| Economy Real Estate

Millions of UK mortgage borrowers could experience significant payment shocks this year. This is happening due to a steep rise in the Bank of Englands base rate over the past year to the highest level since 2008. This rate...

Australia's hidden housing crisis: survivors of modern slavery have few safe places to turn

Jun 28, 2023 15:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics Real Estate

Australia is not immune to the rapidly growing global problem of modern slavery. In fact, new research has found the number of people living in modern slavery has more than doubled in the past four years, rising to an...

All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here's how governments can help us get off gas

Jun 19, 2023 06:19 am UTC| Real Estate Life

If every Australian household that uses gas went all-electric today, we would save more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next ten years. Thats because there are more than 5 million households on...

To deliver enough affordable housing and end homelessness, what must a national strategy do?

Jun 15, 2023 05:27 am UTC| Economy Real Estate

The Albanese government came to office promising action on housing. Its A$10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund is now stuck in the Senate, with the Greens demanding more ambitious funding and reforms. The government is...

National’s housing u-turn promotes urban sprawl – cities and ratepayers will pick up the bill

Jun 03, 2023 03:24 am UTC| Real Estate Economy

By withdrawing its support for the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) it helped introduce in the first place, the National Party has essentially only made a soft policy even softer. Lauded by many as progress...

Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too. 4 changes can make burial sustainable

May 29, 2023 04:22 am UTC| Life Real Estate

Australias housing crisis is no secret. What many people dont realise is that theres another, less visible housing crisis. Australias urban cemeteries are running out of space to house the dead. In Sydney, for example,...