Owing more to the bank than your home is worth is a daunting prospect. But if you’ve bought a place to live in, not as an investment, there’s little reason to panic.
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Research over a generation found almost half of young people moved repeatedly between renting, home ownership and even back to the family home.
What can research tell us about the upsides and risks of going to auction? And what can a failed auction mean for a property’s final selling price?
Australia has long romanticised home ownership. But with evidence linking mortgage stress to poor mental health, we can’t forget people once they get the keys.
National auction clearance rates are now lower than usual. But a closer look at the data reveals some of these housing trends began months ago.
Former RBA insiders say past rates decisions have been influenced by the housing market.
New laws set to be introduced next year will require Victorian real estate agents to publish a property’s genuine reserve price at least a week before auction.
Our study shows that climate change is increasing property values in the country’s cooler north, and reducing them in the hotter south.
Stamp duty has been around for centuries but it is bad in principle and poor in execution.
For many New Zealanders work, mortgages and financial struggle could extend well into their retirement years.
Divorce rates are near 50-year lows. The high cost of housing could be a big factor.
Australia doesn’t have a regulator suitable to tackle the kind of media, advertising and home-lending giant News Corp’s REA Group is becoming.
Borrowing is getting cheaper. But for aspiring homeowners, research suggests this could push house prices even further out of reach.
A new report offers a roadmap to a healthier housing system. But its recommendations will require bold action.
Serviceability buffers aren’t just bureaucratic hurdles for home buyers. They are a brake on unsustainable borrowing and a cushion against future shocks.
Now is not the time to cut immigration, given the contribution it makes to the economy. Arguments that migrants are pushing up house prices are largely wrong.
If we are willing to adapt and innovate – and build new houses – high immigration and housing affordability can co-exist.
The cost-of-living crisis has been exacerbated by mortgage and rental stress. Housing affordability and availability are defining issues for the election and beyond.
Home ownership is often cast as the default goal for every Australian. But that stigmatises renters, who make up nearly a third of all Australian households.
It sounds daunting: lifting a house onto a truck and moving it to an empty block. But house relocations can make sense for many would-be home owners.
Top contributors
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Professor Emeritus of Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney
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Head of Finance and Macroeconomics, Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Doctoral Researcher in Economic History, Lund University
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Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, University of Kent
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Planning, Newcastle University, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of Project Management, RMIT University