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Four fifths of the coming bonanza of bequests are set to go to the top one fifth of recipients.
It’s natural to assume that a downturn in the property market is good news for people who’ve been priced out of the market. In practice, they might still not be able to buy a home.
Prices are off, but from unprecedented highs. It could be a one-time adjustment.
Research has found that wind turbines decrease property values in Ontario, but only when the community is opposed to their presence.
Record numbers of families rent privately in England. But the law has not kept a fair balance between landlord and tenant rights.
A whole bunch of folks are on the wire, and if their housing payments go up they are going to struggle.
Housing and wages loom as stubborn problems that could bring our economy unstuck in the year ahead.
Why is it that the US – which suffered a major downturn – seems to have a stronger economy than Australia , which did not even go into recession in 2008-09?
Theresa May wants to rapidly increase the supply of affordable homes, but will have to tread carefully on Britain’s talismanic property wealth.
The slew of numbers across various major economies this week continue to suggest a mixed picture.
The case for introducing capital gains tax on the sale of all homes.
The housing market is too volatile to look at prices alone. If you want to understand the housing market you need to look at the wider economy.
House prices in Sydney and Melbourne are cooling, housing approvals are up, and everyone’s wondering if Australian banks have been lending too much.
The soaring cost of housing has helped make capital ownership more profitable than work.
What critics of the plan to use superannuation for housing miss is that Australia’s super system already channels a significant proportion of retirement savings into housing.
Housing has become integral to our welfare system, so even governments can’t afford for prices to decline.
Australia’s central bank is still trying to walk a delicate tightrope.
Australia’s growing cities face a shortage of urban parks. Often, the provision of parks is seen only as planning compliance or an accessory.
To tout new housing production as the only solution to rising house prices, without examining the question of demand, is an ineffective policy position.
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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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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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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Professor of Economics, University of Kent
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Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Planning, Newcastle University, Newcastle University
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, SOAS, University of London