1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (90+ words) AFR Melbourne-based builder Kapitol plans to import up to 10,000 modular units from China each year for affordable housing, student accommodation and hotels as local players ramp up their use of prefabrication to reduce high construction costs. Kapitol estimates it can…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (101+ words) AFR The Albanese government’s changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing are a key driver of steep declines in mortgage applications among first home buyers, though there are signs a recovery may be beginning as prospective homeowners prepare to…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (93+ words) AFR The key long-term question is what impact the tax changes from budget night have on the economics of the housing market. Clare O’Neil says she will not downplay the sharpest downturn in the housing market in 30 years, which is…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (107+ words) afr.com The perception is that the government underestimated the impact of its disruption of the housing market. The Australian Financial Review Property Summit’s day one agenda was supposed to focus on the outlook for commercial property, which it did…...

1+ week, 53+ min ago   (89+ words) AFR Office property is in the midst of a fightback. Except in Melbourne, where dumb policy decisions continue to weigh on the market, and Victoria more broadly. Deborah Coakley, the head of real estate at the $135 billion investment giant QIC,…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (76+ words) AFR The speed and scale of the housing crash won’t just cause dramas for residential real estate. Commercial property giants are also bracing for impact. You simply cannot escape the great Australian housing crash. Day one of The Australian Financial…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (94+ words) AFR The Property Council has accused the Albanese government of a “ram-raid” on property prices with tax changes that threaten buyer confidence and housing supply, as the Productivity Commission chief demands an end to red tape stifling new housing project…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (99+ words) AFR Australian home building needs an adjudicator to oversee and make decisions in the country’s fragmented system of housing approvals that delays new projects and adds hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cost of new homes, Productivity Commission chair…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (90+ words) AFR Australia’s ever-rising property market has masked all manner of sins, particularly in private credit, which has been shown up for its lack of discipline. It’s tempting to sensationalise the fallout from the collapse of developer Bathla and foretell major…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (96+ words) AFR The real estate downturn has arrived at the doorsteps of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Housing Minister Clare O’Neil and other Labor leaders, wiping 4 per cent or more off prices in some of their neighbourhoods over the…...