The Turnbull government has reportedly decided that housing affordability is one of its big issues for 2017. And you can understand the issue’s appeal. After all, it’s a subject a good deal of Australia is very reasonably obsessed with.
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The value of land in one Sydney suburb increased by almost 40 per cent last financial year, as the pulsating property market and the rezoning of land drove up values across the city and state.
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NSW Premier Mike Baird has cited family pressures, the need to “refresh” the government for the next election and his record of economic, infrastructure and other achievements in explaining his shock exit from politics.
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The Baird government is charging ahead with its land titles registry sell-off, despite having no support from peak professional bodies across the state’s property sector.
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If the regulators introduce a pet-bond, why not balance this by also introducing: a child-bond, cooking bond and should we also ask for a party-bond?
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GOOD news on prices can be hard to come by for property buyers trying to break into the market. But a ruling by the tax office could offer a glimmer of hope to locals wanting to buy an off-the plan apartment by putting them off-limits to overseas investors.
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Improvements to tenancy laws have been identified in a new report tabled in the NSW Parliament. The report on the statutory review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 details findings…
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People living in apartments will not be able to stop other landlords renting their properties on Airbnb to short term tenants, a landmark Supreme Court decision has found.
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After a Victorian landlord successfully appealed to have her tenants evicted for breaching a lease agreement by subletting through online platform Airbnb, the NSW government is holding an inquiry into the regulation of short-term holiday letting.
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The legal status of Airbnb listings has been challenged in the Supreme Court of Victoria, with a landlord arguing her apartment was illegally sublet through the site.
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