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Our study shows that climate change is increasing property values in the country’s cooler north, and reducing them in the hotter south.
In general, people are moving to safer homes after disasters, but the vast majority are selling, meaning someone else is now taking on that risk. Buyout programs can help.
While these strategies work for some people, they are not necessarily possible for most aspiring first home owners.
In hot housing markets, buyers who outbid rivals often overpay – and face higher risks of loss and foreclosure.
Rising housing costs are driving young adults back home – and reshaping careers, relationships and the economy.
Don’t rush. Take time to research the property, and ask lots of questions.
The expanded scheme will make it easier for many to save a deposit. But it may mean higher monthly loan repayments.
A housing expert unpacks three of the biggest questions facing prospective first-home buyers.
Most sellers already pay no tax, so the proposal’s benefits would flow to the richest.
In 2024, seven times more Americans were struck by lightning than were convicted of federal mortgage fraud.
A new study of 40,000 real estate agents suggests that the first professional connection you make can boost your odds of success by 25%.
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.
Labor costs – especially for unskilled roles – are climbing fast.
No, your real estate agent doesn’t need your pet’s name and five years of employment history.
Tearing down abandoned homes has proven benefits, such as reducing crime and toxic materials, but it doesn’t pay for itself.
Housing market appreciation has been the primary driver of growing white-Black wealth disparities since the mid-1980s.
How can short films and political philosophy work together to address issues of social justice?
Mike Davis traces natural disaster and climate change in Los Angeles over centuries, painting a vivid picture of a city on the perpetual brink of catastrophe.
Equal attention should be paid to the maintenance and preservation of older properties as to the construction of new ones.
Top contributors
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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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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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Research Fellow - Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor, Real Estate, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics | Freelance Consultant, Sheffield Hallam University
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Lecturer in Global Urban Development, University of Manchester
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne