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Renders for the former Energex site released earlier this year.

Work to begin on nearly 500 homes in Brisbane’s north ‘within months’

The former Energex site in Banyo has sat vacant for 10 years, with the Crisafulli government announcing it for sale to private developers in February.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Waverley Council has proposed an overhaul of short-term holiday letting rules.

Short-term rental crackdown sparks housing row on Sydney’s most famous beach

Short-term rental rules across Australia’s most internationally recognised beachside strips could be overhauled in a move to ease a housing crisis gripping Sydney.

  • David Barwell
Labor ministers have accused the deputy premier of being ideologically opposed to affordable housing after revealing her wrote to two developers to remove affordable housing components from applications.

Deputy premier tells developers to remove affordable housing from applications

Jarrod Bleijie wrote to two developers, telling them to scrap the cheaper components of their projects and replace them with standard market-rate housing.

  • Courtney Kruk and Julius Dennis
Stockwell South Brisbane waterfront plan for Parmalat site and surroundings.

Premier backs plan to transform waterfront with towers and hundreds of venues

Two former Olympians have bought the Parmalat factory site in South Brisbane and plan to redevelop the area.

  • William Davis
The Eumemmerring house sold for $732,000 at auction to a developer.

Developer buys ‘vandalised’ house in Eumemmerring for $732,000

A developer outbid two first home buyers for the keys to a dilapidated, three-bedroom house in Melbourne’s south-east, paying $132,000 above reserve.

  • Shona Hendley
Buyers have the opportunity to bid in an increasingly weak market.

Know your ‘walk away price’: How to make the most of a weak auction market

Property prices are falling and homes are passing in at auction, but buyers who aren’t ready to capitalise risk missing out.

  • Wes Mountain
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Why is it so hard to build affordable housing in Brisbane?

Why builders can’t stack up affordable housing despite being needed more than ever

The average entry-level price was more than $2 million for off-the-plan developments in Brisbane on sale during May.

  • William Davis
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is not the cause of a slump in support for the main parties. She is the reckoning.

Hanson has no solutions, but she’s winning over younger Australians with one simple truth

Pauline’s party may have no answer to why a generation cannot afford a house, but unlike the majors, One Nation is not pretending otherwise.

  • Jane Buncle
9 Colton Street, Highgate Hill.

‘A very long road’: Doctor’s call to buy multimillion-dollar Highgate Hill home

Real estate agents said the federal budget had led to more cautious buyers with tighter purse strings, but good properties in top locations were still transacting well.

  • Sarah Webb
The living room and kitchen of 9 Maxweld Street, Ardeer, which sold for $751,000 on Saturday.

‘Solid but needs work’: First-home buyer wins western suburbs house for $751,000

The three-bedroom home with “stumping issues” sold to first-home buyers after a competitive auction between four bidders and a reluctant interstate investor.

  • Shona Hendley