Sydney house prices - an increase of 18.9% in one year!

With only a month to go to the federal budget, the news that Sydney’s median dwelling prices rose by 18.9% in the 12 months to March is sobering. It is surely enough to jolt the Turnbull government into finally adopting bold measures to curb speculative demand in the housing market. Calls to reform negative gearing and/or the overly generous 50% CGT discount are coming thick and fast. David Murray is the latest heavyweight to add to these calls. The Coalition ignores them at its political peril.
Saul Eslake’s well timed warnings help inform the housing affordability debate
Oliver Frankel

Saul Eslake’s well timed warnings help inform the housing affordability debate

DOUG CAMERON. Commonwealth can, and must, do more on housing and homelessness
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DOUG CAMERON. Commonwealth can, and must, do more on housing and homelessness

SUSAN RYAN, OLIVER FRANKEL, JOHN MENADUE. Upcoming series on Making Housing Affordable.
Susan Ryan (Dec'd)

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OLIVER FRANKEL. Making housing affordable. Vancouver’s new “Empty Homes Tax”
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SUSAN RYAN. Housing affordability requires immediate government action
Susan Ryan (Dec'd)

SUSAN RYAN. Housing affordability requires immediate government action