2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (849+ words) May 23, 2026 " 5: 00am A brand-new, five-level mansion on exclusive Marine Parade in Byron Bay has had its price guide adjusted by as much as $25 million, local sources have revealed. The stunning five-bedroom, six-bathroom residence first hit the market in March with a…...

5+ day, 10+ 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…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (787+ words) May 19, 2026 " 5: 44pm The federal government's tax changes will combine with higher interest rates to take steam out of the nation's housing market, the Reserve Bank's chief economist has signalled, while warning that businesses are likely to keep lifting prices as the…...

5+ day, 22+ 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…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (511+ words) May 18, 2026 " 7: 56pm Authorities have taken action against a company that failed to install cooktops at some of its Victorian rentals and prohibited elderly residents from cooking at home. Ingenia Gardens will pay $1. 5 million " split between Consumer Affairs Victoria, affected renters and…...

6+ day, 20+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (904+ words) May 18, 2026 " 11: 30am Seven investors descended on a St Marys auction on Saturday, where a three-bedroom house with two kitchens, several living areas and sheds sold for $1. 95 million, or $50, 000 below its $2 million reserve. The deceased estate at 44 King Street did not have…...

1+ week, 3+ 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…...

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…...

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…...