housing affordability
231 results tagged housing affordability:
Ask Paul: Should we wait for the property market to correct?
Should Andy buy a house or wait until the market corrects? "It feels like now is the wrong time to buy," he tells Paul Clitheroe.
Friends With Money #182: The year in review
Cooling inflation. Soaring tech stocks. 2024 has been a significant year for news, so before it ends, it's time to look back on the major stories in the world of finance.
The startling new median house price in Australia
The median value of a home in Australia has edged over the $800,000 mark for the first time, with more growth in store for 2025.
2% home deposits to become a reality as Help to Buy passes parliament
2% home deposits for 40,000 families as Help to Buy passes parliament, Aussie workers shortchanged $7000 a year, and Velocity ends its frequent flyer partnership with Etihad.
Should you buy now or wait for interest rates to drop?
With the RBA predicted to drop the cash rate by February, should homebuyers jump in now or hold off and wait for banks to cut rates?
The scheme that could make you a homeowner sooner
A third of all first home buyers have made use of the Home Guarantee Scheme in the last 12 months. So how does it work?
‘Everyone claims to want affordable housing, but no one wants cheap housing’
While other analysts tipped property prices would fall during COVID, economist Cameron Murray predicted a 20% rise. And was roasted for it.
How the National Housing Accord could change your suburb
For every 1% increase in housing supply, the price of property and rents falls 2.5% lower than it otherwise would have. So will the National Housing Accord work?
Housing shortage to worsen as property prices gain momentum
Growth in house prices in Australian capital cities could accelerate in the second half of 2024 and in 2025, with the housing shortage likely to worsen.
Four takeaways from the Budget reply speech
Allowing young Aussies to dip into super to buy a home and a two-year ban on foreign investment in property were two key measures in Peter Dutton's Budget reply speech.
