Lower inflation does not mean prices will return to where they were before. Inflation measures the average change in prices over time, not which specific prices are rising or falling.
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Home builders with fixed price contracts can only absorb so much cost pressure. Research shows which builders were already at most risk, even before the war started.
Priced out of ‘safe,’ more and more Americans are moving to flood plains and fire zones.
Most sellers already pay no tax, so the proposal’s benefits would flow to the richest.
Housing market appreciation has been the primary driver of growing white-Black wealth disparities since the mid-1980s.
Agencies that help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness are struggling to house them because of the shortfall of social housing and intense competition for affordable rentals.
Limiting or scrapping negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount would help take the heat out of the market and give the government much more money to invest in social housing.
Governments’ policy inaction and complacency bear much of the blame for the lack of affordable housing. But a new report detects signs of hope in Queensland.
Sydney emerges as the most segregated of our biggest capital cities, and the trend will continue without broad changes in government policy and investment.
Despite different theories, there is no simple answer to whether prospective home buyers are better off buying before or after the expected interest rate drop in the next year.
A buyer could have to pay GST on a ‘substantially renovated’ home, but there’s often uncertainty about whether a renovation counts as substantial or not. A simple test could resolve the issue.
COVID-19 halted immigration and housing affordability got much worse. We’d feel the impacts of internal migration and undersupply of affordable housing even if we again blocked migrants from overseas.
The good news includes a return to real wage growth and a restrained increase in unemployment. The bad news includes even higher home prices and a per-capita recession.
The Conversation’s 29-member panel expects very weak economic growth and recessions in much of the rest of the world, but there’s good news down the track for Australians’ buying power.
A longtime critic of Atlanta’s BeltLine explains how the popular network of parks has increased inequality in the city and driven out lower-income residents.
Although many say the economic outlook for next year appears bleak, there is room for optimism.
Miami is often held up as an example of ‘climate gentrification.’ But a closer look finds a bigger driver of flashy new developments in low-income neighborhoods.
The main driver of homelessness in Australia is housing costs – post-COVID rents, house prices and interest rates are all much higher. To house everyone, the housing system needs a major overhaul.
Both major parties’ schemes would put upward pressure on house prices – but not much. Here’s why, according to a former Australian Treasury official.
Anthony Albanese on Sunday formally launched Labor’s campaign, with promises for low paid women, and aspiring home buyers.
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct associate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Property, UNSW
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Fellow, Grattan Institute