Renting
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- Housing crisis
A man kept asking his flatmate on dates. Talika’s idea might fix the problem
Years of soaring property prices have meant the age of renters extend well beyond young adults and into new generations. But for women, it can come with additional hurdles.
- Cassandra Morgan
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- Victoria residential property
Barely half of Victoria’s rentals are meeting minimum standards
Standards include a functional kitchen, energy-efficient heating, lockable external doors and a mould-free home.
- Caroline Zielinski
- Opinion
- Housing crisis
To fix housing, we must try something radical. Here are three ideas to shift the dial
Australia already has more homes than households. It’s just that too many of our homes cannot house the people who need them.
- Tone Wheeler
New South Brisbane student hub aims to ease rental squeeze
Fresh design plans reveal a towering, 17-storey orange development as demand for student housing fuels a building surge.
- William Davis
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
Sydney suburbs with the highest rental yields for property investors
Asking rents and property values do not necessarily move in tandem, but some investors are likely to search for yield after the budget.
- Dan F Stapleton
‘Living in a caravan park’: Not all Baby Boomers are retiring rich
The federal budget’s focus on shifting wealth to younger generations has left some Baby Boomers without much hope of a comfortable retirement.
- Caroline Zielinski
- Opinion
- National
People in their 20s are living with their parents to save money. They don’t realise how much it’s costing them
The percentage of men still living with their parents in their late 20s is up 50 per cent in 20 years. For women of the same age, it’s nearly doubled.
- Nina Hendy
- Opinion
- Opinion
The hidden cost of WA’s holiday homes in the middle of a housing crisis
What is our vast holiday accommodation choice doing to the long-term rental market?
- Kath Snell
‘It’s a sophisticated business’: New calls for regulation in the short-stay market
It was marketed as a “side hustle” to rent out the spare room, but new data shows more than half the listings with one major platform are managed by accounts with two or more properties.
- Wes Mountain