Housing Construction Industry

Camberwell is one of the first areas to witness the way the Victorian government's new housing development plan is playing out on established neighbourhoods, heritage protections and property prices.

As voters head to the ballot box prepared to cast votes on the issue of housing affordability, new data shows national house prices trended higher in April, and are expected to keep rising as interest rates fall. 

Builders take out insurance designed to cover clients' costs in the event they go bust. But some people are waiting for years for a payout and facing potential bankruptcy. 

The company behind a controversial planned housing development in Darwin's rural area has relaunched its bid, years after it was rejected under a different name.

The policies of both parties designed to increase housing supply are fine — they're just nowhere near enough.

Clare O'Neil accuses Michael Sukkar of speaking "absolute garbage" on social housing as 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson delivers an iconic live television moment.

Homeowners who say their complaints to the Victorian Building Authority failed to materially improve their situation, are now calling on the state government to provide compensation.

For the first time in generations of elections, the major parties are both promising policies to lift housing supply, and again handing out gifts to first homebuyers. But there's an elephant in the room neither Labor nor the Coalition will discuss.

New data shows dozens of suburbs around the country are at risk of becoming uninsurable, triggering warnings of a "climate-induced credit crunch". 

Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor have clashed over housing policy during a heated debate about Australia's economy on 7.30.

In a bid to support self-built low-cost housing, an architect who built his own property for $150,000, has released free plans for others to download and use. 

Property developers and home owners alike in NSW are cashing in after new planning laws to help build hundreds of thousands of apartments came into effect in February.

Queensland construction projects can expect cost blowouts and time lags over the next decade as the industry value balloons by billions and its workforce shrinks, according to a new report. 

Annouchka de Jong Heybroek has been immersed in an ugly four-year dispute with her neighbours, strata manager and the apartment block's developer over who is responsible for water gushing through her faulty balcony.

A tiny home built by students at Lismore High School has gone under the hammer at auction.

Building company Inspired Homes says it has gone into voluntary administration, allowing customers with long-overdue building projects to access funds and employ new builders.

Following WA Labor's emphatic election win, Premier Roger Cook is making changes that will impact a third of government departments, while adding a new one into the mix. 

A 'lost decade' of low wage growth broke the social compact for young Australians when it comes to housing.

A NSW man has gone to great lengths to cash in on recycling, returning almost half a million cans over seven years to save for his first home.

More Australian renters believe they may have to rent forever, either by choice or because they are priced out of the market. So what does this mean for "forever renters" in the long term?