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Australia’s home building industry beat expectations in starting construction of 228,480 homes in the 2017-18 financial year, a 3.3% increase on the previous financial year, according to ABS data. [...]

Short-stay accommodation platform Airbnb is placing pressure on rental markets and pushing up house prices in areas with high tourist numbers, according to RiskWise Property Research CEO Doron Peleg. [...]

One in every four Australian households rents, and it’s not just those on low incomes. A new national survey of renters, funded by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, finds [...]

A “rosy future” for medium-density housing driven by an ageing population will ensure the property sector is reasonably strong for the longer term, according to CSR chairman John Gillam. [...]

Housing affordability has improved in many of the major markets across Australia. The HIA Affordability Index for Australia for the September Quarter was 1.5% better than in the previous [...]

Airbnb is putting pressure on the rental market and house prices, according to a new report. RiskWise Property Research CEO Doron Peleg says while in some areas Airbnb can [...]

Approvals for new homes have dropped to the lowest level in two years with apartment approvals falling the most. The trend towards lower approvals means a reduction in dwelling [...]

Chinese investors have invested $40.4 billion in Australia in the past four years. This is revealed in new data which also shows 70% of the investments came from Chinese investors [...]

Veteran adviser and author Noel Whittaker has urged property investors to stop reading newspaper headlines, which he says present misleading information about real estate markets. Whittaker says in a newspaper [...]

Borrowers are rejecting traditional banks when applying for loans, flocking to digital, mobile-centric platforms and peer-to-peer lenders. A CommSec Economic Insights report shows loans by non-bank institutions were up [...]