New research shows homes in white areas have appreciated $200,000 more since 1980 than similar homes in nonwhite areas – a result of both old racist housing policies and modern real estate practices.
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In some quarters, the median Sydney home earns more from capital gains than the median worker earns from wages. Now’s a good time to wind back the measures that push prices up.
Corporations provide security in the form of long-term leases.
At a time when so many are struggling, cutting stamp duty and helping the well off might seem like a strange move.
It’s time to reform stamp duty, one of the most inefficient and distorting taxes collected by Australia’s state and territory governments.
It’s not easy to choose between the costly hassle of renovating and the expensive upheaval of selling up, and buying a new property.
It’ll have to fund tens of thousands of homes that were going to be built anyway before it creates a single extra house.
At the moment, buying a house with a “history” falls under the “buyer beware” provision. But changes to Victorian law shift the onus to estate agents to disclose “stigmatised” property.
Millions of Australians are struggling with unaffordable housing. It’s a systemic problem that’s been decades in the making, and only concerted system-wide reforms will fix it.
The regulation of student accommodation varies between different providers.
A public inquiry into money laundering underway in British Columbia holds out hope for reform, but the problems run deep.
Over the last 35 years, the number of Americans who have moved has steadily declined to nearly half of their previous levels.
The demands of gentrification in some neighbourhoods are proving deadly for some independent businesses, including local bookstores, often forcing them to close.
Investing where you’ve last invested isn’t bright. new research finds that two thirds of property investors do.
Freedom of choice is a pillar of Western culture. But can too much of it be a bad thing?
New York City’s municipal budget relies heavily on the property taxes of extremely high-value real estate. That drives gentrification and distorts local policy in other ways that hurt residents.
Constructing buildings to rent, rather than sell, may fulfil important housing policy objectives – but it won’t take off without tax reform.
Policies to tackle climate change will make it more expensive not to act.
The real estate industry acts in its own interests, not those of the tenants it scares.
The real problem with the government’s first home owner deposit scheme is that it won’t prioritise those who need the funds the most.
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