Real Estate Industry

As property prices continue to skyrocket across most of Australia, there are still pockets of cheap homes in regional communities.

The vision for this medieval-style masterpiece came to its former owner in a dream in the 1990s, and now it will be passed on to a new family. 

Ahead of the Federal Election, Anglicare Australia's Executive Director Kasy Chambers speaks to News Breakfast about the difficulties Australians are facing around housing affordability.

After a brief downturn home prices have rebounded to new heights, but analysts say growth is likely to be contained. Rents have also reached record highs but growth is expected to slow.

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.

It's been three days since venue plans for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games were revealed, but real estate agents are already spruiking the benefits of buying within what some of them are calling the "Olympic epicentre".

It was already difficult to find a place to rent in Harden before a blast of extreme weather took a dozen homes off the market.

With rents rising, one landlord says the real estate industry needs to be scrutinised while the Real Estate Institute of Victoria proposes land tax reforms to help alleviate pressure on housing providers offering long-term leases.

Housing experts say there needs to be more two to three-storey apartment buildings in regional cities to help address the housing crisis.

Long term Drummond Cove Caravan Park residents have been told they have six months to move out.

Chief of Research at Domain Nicola Powell says it's unlikely rental prices will be reduced following RBA's interest rate cut.

Flood drills and alarms part of the new normal as flood prone land used to solve housing crisis. The Insurance Council of Australia has long called for planning authorities to stop approving homes on flood plains.

The housing developments being approved in notorious flood zones

There's was a 22 per cent decline in the number of workers starting an apprenticeship between 2022 and 2023, contributing to a lack of housing stock.

Three generations of Ben Pelizzari's family have operated pubs in a small country town. The family tradition is about to end with their Barcaldine pub up for sale.

The project would not permit the units to be put on the market to be sold, instead giving renters certainty they wouldn't be kicked out of their homes.

Under the federal government's policy, foreign investors will be unable to buy existing homes.

Raising children in apartments has become a challenging task because theses types of dwellings are not designed with that purpose in mind.

Professor of Housing Research, Hal Pawson, says Labor has fulfilled most of its election pledges in housing policy, though results are taking time to emerge.

There could soon be relief for households with a mortgage, with most economists predicting an interest rate cut when the Reserve Bank board meets in February.