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Storybook Erskineville house sells for over $1. 92m to local first home buyer
47+ min ago (826+ words) May 25, 2026 " 11: 53am A first home buyer secured the keys to an ivy-covered contemporary redesigned home in Erskineville for $1, 925, 000 at auction on Saturday. The storybook charm of 34 Flora Street had the appeal of a gingerbread cottage, with its exposed brick and cosy…...
It's a sophisticated business': New calls for regulation in the short-stay market
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (856+ words) May 20, 2026 " 5: 00am New data shows the number of Airbnbs and other short-term accommodation hit record highs at the end of 2024, driving up rents for longer-term tenants in tourism hotspots. The Short-term rental accommodation: models, impacts and policy responses report from the…...
Brisbane council depot land bought for women's shelter
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (316+ words) May 19, 2026 " 4: 55pm A section of a council depot in Brisbane's north will be transformed into community housing for women following an increase in those seeking refuge from domestic violence. Sixteen freestanding homes will be built on about 3000 square metres at 39 Jennings…...
What 3000 more homes around Bondi Junction could look like
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (760+ words) May 19, 2026 " 3: 48pm About 3000 homes would be built around a revamped Oxford Street Mall, under a Sydney council's plan to lock in Bondi Junction as the civic and commercial heart of the eastern suburbs. Waverley Council wants to transform the suburb from…...
Nowhere to go: Residents fear the future as caravan park makes way for housing
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (683+ words) May 18, 2026 " 7: 00pm Five Ways Caravan Park is closing and for some of its residents, their sense of sadness at leaving their friends is mixed with the growing anxiety of being yet to find new homes. "I've got nowhere to go," Richard…...
The "affordable" housing policies that subsidised a rental unit listed for $925 a week
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (810+ words) May 18, 2026 " 11: 30am Australia's multibillion-dollar investment in social and affordable housing is helping to pay for thousands of relatively high-priced new apartments that people on lower incomes cannot afford and in some cases are explicitly blocked from occupying. An analysis of government…...
How this regional town became a caravan community
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1233+ words) The Paramount Studio caravan has an external body length of just over 7. 6 metres and a width of almost 2. 5 metres. Rio Crupi stands about 170 centimetres, but if he were much taller, he would have to stoop inside the caravan, which has…...
What capital gains and negative gearing changes will do to Queensland housing
1+ week, 2+ day ago (694+ words) May 16, 2026 " 8: 59am David Crisafulli is unconvinced the federal government's overhaul of property taxes will improve the housing crisis in Queensland but economists and leading financial figures forecast the changes will be most acute in the Sunshine State. Negative gearing will be…...
Property investors start to pull out of the market pre-auction
1+ week, 2+ day ago (717+ words) May 15, 2026 " 3: 42pm Property investors have been pulling out of this weekend's auctions and showing more caution about purchases, agents said, after this week's budget curbed investor tax breaks. First home buyers have also been enquiring about homes for sale ahead of…...
Campaign to quash plans for new riverside tower in inner Brisbane
1+ week, 6+ day ago (766+ words) May 12, 2026 " 5: 00am A community group is aiming to thwart plans for a bulky new inner-city tower on the Brisbane River, highlighting growing citywide tensions between the need to build more homes amid a historic housing shortage and protecting the wants of…...