HIA warns of crisis in housing

Simon Johanson Number of new homes being built will plummet below levels seen during 2008 GFC if current building approval trends persist, housing body forecasts.

Worse to come on home building front, HIA says

Simon Johanson The number of new homes being built will plummet below levels seen during the GFC if current building approval trends persist, the housing body warns.

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Nation of hoarders creates havoc for house and contents

Simon Johanson Thrift is the new normal. Pummelled by insecurity over Europe's near meltdown and falling house prices, Australians are paying down their mortgages at record rates.

Bumper auction action on cards for weekend

Simon Johanson Melbourne's streets will host about 1000 home auctions this weekend, the largest number of dwellings likely to go under the hammer in a two-day period this year.

Paying off mortgage top of the priorities

Simon Johanson Australia's focus on saving is being driven by a desire to "bolster wealth'', the Reserve Bank says.

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Counting the cost of cashing in

Simon Johanson Australians are paying their mortgages in big numbers and keeping their cash in the hip pocket.

Welcome to the vertical village

Simon Johanson Gone are the days when a pool or gym would suffice in a new apartment building.

Negative equity hits home

Simon Johanson and Chris Zappone The number of people whose home was worth less than what they paid for it has risen.

Housing on a new, green high

Simon Johanson Two eco-friendly houses are rising from the ground in suburban Melbourne built from a plant normally associated with 1960s hippie heaven: hemp.

Welcome to leafy Deepdene ... Melbourne's richest suburb

Simon Johanson The tiny enclave of Deepdene last year knocked blue-blood Toorak off its most expensive suburb perch for the first time.

Real estate's top end doing it tough

Simon Johanson If you thought selling your ordinary home in an average suburb last year was hard, spare a thought (or not) for your wealthy neighbour.

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Lending sags as investors kick against bricks

Simon Johanson Home lending slumped in January as investors shunned bricks and mortar and New South Wales borrowers pulled back.

New home buyers, investors shun housing market

Simon Johanson New home buyers and investors are giving up on the housing market, official figures show.

Car spaces on outer in more city buildings

Simon Johanson New buildings are putting a spoke in the wheels of inner-city drivers.

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Coles serves itself on shops

Simon Johanson AUSTRALIA'S supermarket chains have become 'reluctant' property developers.

Super-sized Coles gets the nod

Simon Johanson Smith Street to get a Coles supermarket and apartment complex after controversial development is approved.

Housing index first

Simon Johanson In a world first, property-focused investors can check house prices daily and trade on an index.

Investors get daily home price fix

Simon Johanson and Chris Zappone Property-obsessed investors will now be able to check house prices daily and trade on an index that tracks the ebbs and flows of dwelling prices across Australia.

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New home sales in record slump

Simon Johanson New home sales slumped in January, posting their biggest ever monthly fall since records began in October 2000.

Housing more affordable but Sydney lags

Simon Johanson Wage growth and interest rate cuts have made housing more accessible in most Australian cities but Sydney remains the least affordable, a housing group says.