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Rental properties.

The Melbourne suburbs with the highest rental yields for investors

The drivers of rental return and capital growth can work at cross-purposes, but experts say rental income may come to the fore now.

  • Wes Mountain

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Teacher Blake Cochrane struggled to secure a rental, despite having a stable income and his partner and a friend on his application, both lawyers.

Blake had three salaries on his rental application. It wasn’t enough

Over the past year, some Melbourne suburbs became as much as 21 per cent more expensive, amid a cost-of-living crisis.

  • Wes Mountain
The government developer Landcom is delivering 1500 new homes in Chatswood

The metro site being turned into 1500 homes on Sydney’s north shore

The state government has committed to building well-located housing for essential workers, with the latest development planned for Chatswood.

  • Alexandra Smith
Long-time Kensington resident Simon Harvey stands near some of the Macaulay Road build-to-rent projects.

Build-to-rent ‘loophole’ robs communities of millions for new parks

Councils say the controversial loophole allows build-to-rent developers to escape a green space levy.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Artist’s render of The Raleigh, Goldfield’s BTR project on the corner of Punt Road and Raleigh Street, Windsor.

Goldfields sees riches in Punt Road rental homes

Property developer Goldfields has secured funding to construct its first build-to-rent project.

  • Nicole Lindsay
An innovative policy seeks to build long-term rentals for essential workers.

The new way of building housing that could lower construction costs by 20 per cent

A proposal to build thousands of affordable homes for essential workers using innovative construction methods could reduce building costs by 20 per cent.

  • Max Maddison
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The Greens’ housing spokesman, Max Chandler-Mather, and Labor’s federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil.

‘Out of touch’: Max causes housing row with average-salary claim

Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather has been derided by the government after sparking an argument about the average worker’s salary.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Render of Model’s plans for 276-286 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, next to Victoria Park station.

Green apartment project makes planning putsch

A proposed 17-storey residential timber tower in Abbotsford is bypassing local objectors and planners and landing straight on the minister’s desk.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Labor and the Greens have clashed repeatedly in parliament over housing policy.

Why this is the housing fight Albanese had to have

Labor tried for an outcome on housing in the parliament, and got obstruction instead. It did not get the law it wanted, but it got the argument it needed.

  • David Crowe
Gemma Toogood in Balmain. Gemma had to break her lease in Balmain East after discovering a rat infestation in her home. It was the last straw for the single mother who had copped a $50 rental increase on the home that was riddled with problems.

What can a landlord get away with? In the court of public opinion, it’s changing

Gemma Toogood paid $875 a week in rent for a mould-riddled, rat-infested cottage. Do we still think that’s reasonable?

  • Tawar Razaghi