Dissatisfaction with housing in Australia reached an all-time high last year and it is an issue that is expected to dominate a general election due by May. O'Neil said in comments televised by the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will ban foreign investors from buying existing homes in the country for two years, its government said on Sunday, in an effort to boost under-pressure housing supply.

People now see spaces like hobby rooms or ‘man-caves’ as integral to their home life, and buy or build houses with this in ...

Labor will slap a two-year ban on foreign investors buying existing Australian homes, matching a key opposition housing policy pitched last year. The move, formally unveiled on Sunday, will kick ...

O'Neil said the policy was not a "silver bullet" to fix Australia's housing crisis but would make thousands more homes available to local buyers. "I really firmly believe that given the housing ...

Housing construction has been falling for decades and consequently contributed to pushing prices up, according to a Productivity Commission (PC) report released on Monday. The PC found Australia ...

“But I really firmly believe that given the housing pressures that Australians are facing today, we need to orient the entire efforts of the Australian government around security of housing for ...

CEO of St Vincent de Paul Society Housing Australia Graham West said the apartments were an example of the type of housing that Hobart needs in order to address the growing homelessness crisis.

NSW recorded just 165. Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis that is fuelled by record levels of migration, sluggish planning approvals and significant skills shortages. The cost of ...

The other problem, the ANZ economists say, is Australia’s well-documented lack of housing supply; though building approvals did rise 12 per cent year-on-year in 2024, they remain weak.